Although we are not going through a rainy season as such, In recent weeks, rainfall has increased considerably in some regions of the country and has caused several tragedies.
According to the records of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD), between January 1 and February 28, there were 180 events related to rainfall, such as floods, landslides and flash floods.
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These events, which occurred in 119 municipalities in 20 departments, left 33 dead, 50 injured, 15,927 people affected, 26 houses destroyed and 2,692 houses damaged. The most affected departments in the balance of the UNGRD are Cauca, with 29 emergencies; Huila, with 18; Antioquia, with 17; Cundinamarca, with 16, and Tolima, with 11 situations.
Among the latest events that have occurred is the death of three people due to landslides in the Coffee Regionwhere several emergencies have been recorded in recent days.
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One of the deaths occurred in the Termales de San Vicente reserve, in the municipality of Santa Rosa de Cabal, in Risaralda. The tragedy was caused by the saturation of water on the ground, which produced the detachment of the root of a tree and affected two tourists near the El Embrujo trail, in the Termales de San Vicente reserve, causing the death of one of them.
The second recent emergency was in the Cocora Valley, in Salento, Quindío. Two tourists died there after a landslide.
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This region has been one of the hardest hit by the rains. In Pereira, 16 people were killed by a landslide on February 8.
And last week, in Manizales, a landslide also caused the death of three people.
Another event that happened recently took place in Antioquia, where heavy rains on Monday night caused the death of one person and three others were injured by a landslide.
On the other hand, four horses died due to the collapse of a wall, product of the strong downpour. This municipality, in addition, practically woke up flooded this Tuesday.
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The call of the risk management authorities to the mayors and governors, as well as to the community, is to activate emergency plans for disasters, taking into account that the first rainy season officially begins on March 15.
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