After a week of heavy rains in several regions of the country, which even left several tragedies, The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) pointed out that this weekend there will be an increase in precipitation.
This is why the authorities are calling to activate all emergency protocols, especially in risk areas, in order to avoid tragedies like the one that happened this week in Manizales, where a landslide left three people dead.
The rains, explained Yolanda González, director of the entity, will increase significantly, especially in the center and south of the country.
These precipitations, he added, “come from South America. Heavy rains are expected accompanied by electrical storms.”
According to the IDEA, the departments with the highest risk are Cauca, Nariño, Putumayo, Caquetá and Huila.
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However, we are not yet in the rainy season and we are in a phase that environmental and emergency authorities call less rainy season. However, rainfall has increased due to different meteorological phenomena that occur in the region.
In fact, some regions of the country are being hit by fires, like the one that happened this week on the San Marcos hill in Boyacá, which consumed more than 100 hectares.
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The rains, for their part, have mainly hit the Pacific, the Andean zone and the Coffee Growing Region, which has suffered two tragedies due to landslides, one in Pereira and the other in Manizales.
From January 1 to date, some 2,849 families (11,733 people) have been affected by heavy rains and at least 27 people have lost their lives.
The first rainy season of the year in our country is expected to officially begin at the end of March.
