According to the government, the rainy season that began in August is Colombia’s worst in 40 years, killing more than 270 people in accidents.
The country has declared a national disaster over rainfall linked to the exceptionally prolonged La Nina weather phenomenon, which cools surface temperatures and is currently causing drought and flooding around the world.
Javier Pava of the UNGRD said, today, the landslide “puts this city in mourning, tomorrow it could happen in another area, because our country has many really unstable areas, and the rainy season has not ended. “