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This produces an increased risk of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Some natural disasters of this type are: The 1875 Cúcuta earthquake; The 8.2 M w Tumaco earthquake shook Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami. The 1982 Popayán earthquake
President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday that he will declare the forest fires ravaging the country a natural disaster and a state of emergency, freeing up funds to fight the fires. On 26 January 2024, 138 flights at El Dorado International Airport were affected and returned to normal the next day and police arrested 26 people for "fire-related ...
Includes country profiles, disaster profiles and a disaster list. "Natural Hazard Information from the Coastal Ocean Institute". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Particularly including articles on tsunamis, hurricanes and other storms. "Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System".
Colombia’s government declared a disaster Thursday and asked for international help to combat raging wildfires that are expected to worsen in coming days due to warm, dry conditions associated ...
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On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board.It was the second Space Shuttle mission to end in disaster, after the loss of Challenger and crew in 1986.
The Armero tragedy, as the event came to be known, was the second-deadliest volcanic disaster of the 20th century, surpassed only by the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée, [33] and is the fourth-deadliest volcanic eruption recorded since 1500 AD. [34] It is also the deadliest lahar, [35] and Colombia's worst natural disaster. [36]
A series of more than 340 forest fires began in Colombia in January, burning 900 m (3,000 ft) of residential areas and affecting 174 municipalities in the country. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] In mid-September, Colombia's National Risk Management Unit reported 20 active fires in Colombia that had destroyed 12,800 hectares (32,000 acres) of forests ...