Overall Green alert Flood for Colombia
in Colombia

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

GDACS ID FL 1101290
Death: 39
Displaced: 800
Countries: Colombia
From - To 08 Feb - 07 May

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Colombia - Floods (ECHO 10 Mar 2022)Thu, 10 Mar 2022 11:55

  • Widespread floods have been reported across Antioquia Department (north-western Colombia), resulting in damage.
  • According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), at least 2,000 families have been affected across the municipalities of Urabá, Turbo, Apartadó, Chigorodó, Carepa, Mutatá and Murindó.
  • For the next 24 hours, moderate to heavy rain is forecast over most parts of the affected Department.
Antioquia, Colombia, Early March 2022Authorities said the Apartadó, Grande, Vijagual and Murindo rivers in the Urabá sub-region of Antioquia Department flooded after heavy rainfall over the last few days. Governor of Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria Correa, said 5 municipalities are in a state of emergency: Murindó, Apartadó, Turbo, Chigorodó and Carepa. Colombia’s Civil Defence reports that around 2,000 people are affected in Apartadó. One person died in Turbo Chigorodó. Local politician Omar Restrepo said as many as 3,000 people are isolated in Murindó after flooding along the Murindó river. Elsewhere in the department, flooding from overflowing rivers in El Bagre municipality on 03 March damaged homes and affected dozens of families. Earlier this month heavy rain caused a landslide in the Cocorná municipality of Antioquia Department which destroyed 2 houses and left 1 person dead and 3 injured. The government of Antioquia declared an emergency and reported over 80 homes suffered damaged.Wed 9 Mar 2022FloodList provided by Copernicus GLOFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (7), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2),