Overall Green Flood
in Colombia

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103732
Death: 32
Displaced: 3300
Countries: Colombia
From - To 22 Jan - 20 Feb

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Flood in Colombia - EC/ECHO daily mapWed, 25 Feb 2026 18:39

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available
Colombia - Floods and landslides, update (ECHO 02 Mar 2026)Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:48

  • Very heavy rainfall has affected most of Colombia (mainly northern, central and south-western departments) since the end of January, causing floods, flash floods and overflowing rivers and triggering landslides that have resulted in more casualties and severe damage. Among 20 affected departments, the most affected ones are Córdoba (the worst affected), Antioquia, Cauca, Nariño, Santander, La Guajira and Casanare.
  • The death toll stands at 44 fatalities. UN OCHA reports, as of 2 March, over 15 000 still evacuated people in 87 temporary shelters across the Córdoba department. In addition, UN OCHA also reports a total of more than 329 500 affected people (of whom 78 000 are affected families in the Córdoba department alone), over 4 000 destroyed houses and nearly 23 000 damaged houses throughout all the aforementioned affected departments.
  • The Copernicus Emergency Management Service was activated in rapid mapping mode (EMSR865) on 11 February, and five maps have been produced so far.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more rainfall with locally heavy rainfall is still forecast over western Colombia.
Antioquia Department, Colombia, Late January to Early February 2026Local media reported river overflows in the Urabá subregion of Antioquia Department in Colombia from late January 2026. Later areas of southwestern Antioquia were also affected. On 06 February, the departmental government declared a state of emergency for the municipalities of Apartadó, Carepa, Chigorodó, Turbo, Arboletes, Necoclí, San Juan de Urabá, San Pedro de Urabá, Murindó, Vigía del Fuerte, El Bagre, Zaragoza and Urrao.Fri 20 Feb 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Inundaciones en Córdoba evidencian una crisis que va más allá del clim.. 2/23/2026 4:33:00 PM.

Erasmo Rodríguez Sandoval, profesor del Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Agrícola de la Universidad Nacional , advierte que las inundaciones en Córdoba no son solo efecto de las lluvias, sino el resultado de décadas de ocupación desordena
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UNGRD lanza alerta en Colombia: nuevo frente frío intensificará las ll.. 2/23/2026 1:11:00 AM.

El director enfatizó que el impacto no se limitará al continente; en el archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, así como en los cayos del norte, el fenómeno tendrá una incidencia directa, pudiendo ocasionar fuertes vientos
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El sector energético colombiano cierra filas frente a los ataques del .. 2/21/2026 6:27:00 PM.

El departamento de Córdoba vive una de sus peores emergencias recientes en el sector energético. Más de 140 000 personas afectadas, municipios casi enteros bajo el agua y miles de familias que han tenido que abandonar sus casas por el desbo
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),