DHA-GENEVA 93/0151
COLOMBIA - FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
27 APRIL 1993
SITUATION
1. EARLY MORNING MONDAY 26 APRIL 1993,
TAPARTO RIVER IN NORTHWEST COLUMBIA BURST ITS BANKS, CAUSING
FLASH FLOODS WHICH SWEPT AWAY PEOPLE, PEASANT HOUSES AND CROPS AND TRIGGERED
LANDSLIDES. THE FLASH FLOODS AFFECTED A
MOUNTAINOUS AREA OF ABOUT 20 SQUARE KILOMETRES IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF ANDES (120 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOGOTA).
2. ACCORDING TO INITIAL REPORTS
FROM THE NATIONAL DISASTER PREVENTION AND
RELIEF OFFICE 23 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, 33 INJURED AND 40 ARE
