Colombia

Americas Regional Platform for disaster risk reduction is opened today by the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos who calls it "an amazing opportunity" to make progress on reducing disaster risk.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
The 6th Regional Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Americas will take place from June 20-22 hosted by the government of Colombia in Cartagena.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
A flooded street in Honda, Colombia after heavy rains caused the Magdelena river to overflow its banks (Flickr: Policía Nacional de los colombianos)
Rivers run through many cities in Latin America that have joined UNISDR’s Making Cities Resilient Campaign, and management of these rivers brought three of those cities together last month to carry out a reality check.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Hurricane Matthew in Haiti which caused over 600 deaths and US$2.7 billion of economic losses in late 2016 (Photo: UN Photo/Logan Abassi)
A nightmare scenario for any community is to be taken by surprise in the middle of the night by a sudden disaster such as the mudslide that swept away hundreds of lives earlier this month in the Amazonian town of Mocoa in Putamayo, Colombia.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction
Mudslides in Mocoa, Colombia (Photo: Cruz Roja Colombiana)
As the reported death toll from Saturday’s mudslide disaster rose to 273, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mr. Robert Glasser, extended his condolences to the people of Colombia and the affected communities of Mocoa on the loss of life caused by the heavy rains and mudslides exacerbated by deforestation...
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Delegates at the Mercocities Summit in Santa Fe, Argentina (Photo: Mercocities)
A network of hundreds of cities across South America has pledged to step up regional efforts to reduce disaster risk and boost sustainable development.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean

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