Natural Disasters Monitoring - 13 January, 2021

Official

 

Severe Weather  

 

Colombia 

On 13 January, the Colombia National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD as per its acronym in Spanish), reported that between 1-13 January, 23 severe weather events were reported: 11 mass movements, 6 floods, 5 sudden floods, and 1 torrential flood occurred in 22 municipalities in 6 departments. The weather events affected a total of 8,084 people, including 3 fatalities and 2 injuries. In addition, 9 roads, 2 vehicular bridges, 2 pedestrian bridges, and 2 aqueducts were affected. Although Colombia has entered the dry season, residual precipitation from the rainy season continued to affect the country. The report is available at: UNGRD.