Heavy rainfall prompts landslide warnings across Colombia on Monday (22 April)

As per reports, the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Environmental Studies (IDEAM), has placed 691 municipalities under landslide alerts with 95 municipalities under a red landslide alert, on Monday (22 April).

Regions susceptible to landslides are Caribbean (Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba and La Guajira), Pacific (Chocó, Cauca, Valle del Cauca, Nariño), Andean (Antioquia, Boyacá, Caldas, Cundinamarca, Huila, Norte de Santander, Tolima, Quindío, Risaralda and Santander), Orinoquía (Meta and Casanare) and Amazonian (Putumayo).