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Colombia mudslide: Dozens of people die as bus is buried
BBC NEWS   05 December 2022   Colombia   Risaralda  
Part of the mountainside gave way and buried at least three vehicles
<p>A landslide on a road in the province of Risaralda in western Colombia has killed at least 27 people, the country's president has announced.<br />A bus full of passengers was among several vehicles buried under mud and rocks, which tumbled down a hillside ...
Death Toll from Colombia Landslide Rises to 28
Voice of America   22 April 2019   Colombia   Cauca  
A woman searches for victims after a landslide in Rosas, Cauca department, in southwestern Colombia, April 22, 2019.
<p>BOGOTA — The death toll from a weekend landslide in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca has risen to 28 people, the country's disaster relief agency said on Monday.<br>The landslide, caused by heavy rains, occurred early on Sunday morning in a ...
Colombia landslide: At least 17 killed and five injured
BBC NEWS   22 April 2019   Colombia   Rosas / Cauca  
Colombia landslide: At least 17 killed and five injured/bbc
<p>At least 17 people have been killed by a landslide on Sunday in south-western Colombia, officials say.</p> <p>Five others were injured and several houses destroyed in the town of Rosas in the Cauca region.</p> <p>The landslide happened after days of torrential ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards
Colombia's tragedy road bridge demolished
BBC NEWS   12 July 2018   Colombia  
The pillar holding up the bridge toppled over
<p>A bridge under construction has been destroyed after a partial collapse earlier in the year killed nine people.</p>
Problems at Colombian Dam, Plagued by Landslides, Force Thousands to Evacuate
The Weather Channel   06 June 2018   Colombia   Cauca river  
Landslides Complicate Colombia Dam Project Now in Danger of Failing
<p>A dam under construction in Colombia has caused big problems for thousands who live downstream. Mudslides caused plugged water-release tunnels, sending water levels up and leading to evacuations. Locals now worry daily about what could happen if additional ...
13 die after massive landslide throws bus into abyss in Colombia (PHOTO, VIDEO)
RT Question More   22 January 2018   Colombia  
13 die after massive landslide throws bus into abyss in Colombia (PHOTO, VIDEO)
<p>At least 13 people died when the bus they were traveling on was pushed by a landslide into a deep abyss off a highway in southwestern Colombia, authorities announced. Rescuers only managed to reach it the next day.</p> <p>About 5,000 cubic meters (176,000 ...
At least 10 killed in Colombia bridge collapse
CNN   16 January 2018   Colombia   Americas  
Ten construction workers were killed after a bridge collapsed bridge near Bogota, Colombia.
<div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable">At least ten people were killed Monday after a bridge collapsed near Bogota, Colombia, according to the country's Civil Defense authorities.</p><div class="zn-body__paragraph ...
Colombia landslide leaves at least 254 dead and hundreds missing
The Guardian   03 April 2017   Colombia   Americas  
A picture provided by the Colombian army shows some of the damage caused by the landslide in Mocoa. Photograph: Colombian army/EPA
<p>Colombian rescuers have been searching frantically for hundreds of missing people after the southern city of Mocoa was engulfed on Saturday by a huge landslide of mud, rocks and gushing waters that swept away homes and cars and killed more than 20 people.</p> <p>The ...
Design begins for Bogotá’s first metro
The construction index   21 March 2017   Colombia   Americas  
Bogotá’s first metro (source: The Construction Index)
<p>Systra has been awarded the design of the first metro line in Bogot&aacute;, Columbia.</p> <p>The aim is for the elevated line to come into use by 2023, its first metro line.</p> <p>The award of the contract to Systra and its local partner follows earlier ...
Filed under: Construction News
Oldest Known Sea Turtle Fossil Discovered In South America
FORBES   09 September 2015   Colombia   Boyacá  
Desmatocheyls padillai in comparison to an average human (Image Credit: PaleoBios/Edwin Cadena)
<p>Paleontologists working in South America have described an ancient sea turtle that could be the key to understanding the murky evolutionary history of turtles, and it is at least 25 million years older than any other sea turtle fossil known. Edwin Cadena ...