Severe weather across Colombia has caused the country’s largest waterways, Magdalena and Cauca, to break their banks, resulting in widespread flooding.
Despite the early onset of the rainy season, the wettest weeks in Colombia are expected between mid-April and end of May.
The department of Risaralda in Colombia’s coffee-growing region endured its worst tragedy in more than a decade after a mudslide destroyed La Esneda neighborhood.
Heavy rains across the department of Antioquia are causing mudslides and mobility gridlock with road closures. In Bogotá, tropical storms expected until December.
March has recorded the highest rainfall on record for Colombia with mudslides affecting the departments of Antioquia and Valle del Cauca.
Humid air currents sweeping across the Amazon are dumping snow across the highlands of Boyacá and glaciers of the region’s largest national park PNN El Cocuy.
The El Nin?o weather pattern could reach Colombia by November bringing with it unseasonably hot days and the possibility of a drought.
Heavy rainfall across Colombia has caused widespread flooding in Valle del Cauca and Antioquia. Bogotá has been affected by falling trees, hail and lightning strikes.
Some normalcy may return to Bogotá after a severe weather pattern originating in the Amazon Basin has pounded the capital with rain and hail. The next several weeks may signal the start of “verano.”
After a week of heavy rains across Colombia, the national weather agency has issued red alerts for 28 of the country’s 32 departments.
Even though the winter has to officially begin, most of Colombia is experiencing heavy rainfall prompting authorities to issue a “red alert” for floods and mudslides.
The heat in Colombia’s Caribbean region is far more than just uncomfortable right now. It’s dangerous. And climate change could make it worse.
Powerful winter storms are affecting Bogotá and are predicted to last until December. An industrial fire has also affected the air quality.