Landslides in Colombia. by Milota Sidorova

It's been a fact that 2010 is full of the most extreme climate catastrophes including volcano erruptions, floods, tsunami, drought and earthquakes taking all over the world. Another stormy catastrophe hit Colombia after heavy rains set an avalanche of mud and ground on Sunday. Landslides hit northwest part of the country and came as a result of intensifying weather phenomenon of El Nino. El Nino is typical by redistribution of rain clouds. The places that once used to have rains are getting dry and the rainclouds are moving on places with dry and warm climate, sometimes even on deserts. Consequences are grave, rains and floods have already killed arond 170 people this year.! The number of affected summed about 1.5 million, but rains can leave more than 2 million homeless according to Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos. Long term and intensive rains combined with already wet ground resulted in massive mud streams flowind down targeting several villages. More than 50 homes were in the direct move in Bello municipality in Antioquia province. For now it is believed that between 50 and 60 people trapped, at least according to disaster official John Freddy Rendon from the near city of Medelin. So far the number of affected people move around 150 people, but the quotes will rise. According to the Colombian Red Cross the number of missing people is unknown, but one body has been recovered. Rains have created an unprecedented tragedy in Colombian history and except of people it hammered cofee and coals production areas.

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