Floods leave 26 people
dead last month in
Colombia
Flooding after a month
of heavy rainfall across
Colombia has killed 26
people and caused more
than120,000 people to
suffer, Colombian
authorities and the Red
Cross said Sunday.
In recent days, floods
caused by heavy rains
and storms across
Colombia have ruined a
large number of plants,
local media reported.
Twenty-nine of the
country's 32 provinces
suffered from the flood
to different extent,
with more than 400,000
hectares of farmland
submerged, bridges
damaged and roads closed
because roads have
collapsed or have been
blocked by landslides.
According to incomplete
statistics, since
Colombia's rainy season
began in March this
year, the floods,
mud-rock flows and other
natural disasters have
left 94 people dead, 17
people missing and 137
hurt. The number of the
victims in the country
is 900,000, among which
100,000 people are
homeless and living in
temporary shelters.
Local weather
authorities predicted
that the flood season
will last until
December. The government
is concerned about how
the victims of the
flooding and
agricultural production
will fare in the future. |
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