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Colombia: Floods - DREF Operational Update #2 (MDRCO032)
By International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies at ReliefWeb
· June 26, 2026
· 3 min read
. Description of the EventDate of event 11-02-2026What happened, where and when? Between February 1 and 6, 2026, the Colombian Caribbean region was affected by an atypical hydrometeorological event associated with the anomalous latitudinal displacement of a cold front, which brought intense and prol
Key takeaway Therefore, the National Government declared a State of Economic, Social, and Ecological Emergency in the departments of Córdoba, Antioquia, La Guajira, Sucre, Bolívar, Cesar, Magdalena, and Chocó on February 11, through Decree No.
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Category: disaster ·
Published: June 26, 2026 ·
Source: ReliefWeb ·
Reading time: 3 min
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What is this story about? . Description of the EventDate of event 11-02-2026What happened, where and when? Between February 1 and 6, 2026, the Colombian Caribbean region was affected by an atypical hydrometeorological event associated with the anomalous latitudinal displacement of a cold front, which brought intense and prol
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