The second rainy season in Colombia has already started on September 16 and will run until mid -Decemberaccording to him Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM)also stating that October and November will be the most critical months.
IDEAM warns that rainfall is expected above the average in the Andean, Pacific and Caribbean regions, which increases the Risk of landslides, sudden growing, floods and damage to the main roads of the country.
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Therefore, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) and the National Way Institute (Invías) They announced a joint plan to face the effects of the second rainy season of the year.
Rains in Colombia
“We urge local leaders to assign resources to territorial risk management funds. Recall that, in addition to the National Risk Management Fund, each municipality in Colombia must have a fund for emergency care only”He said Carlos Carrillo, General Director of UNGRD.
The unit assured that it is advancing permanent work tables with governorates and mayors to activate preventive plans. In addition, as coordinator of the National System for Disaster Risk Management (SNGRD)the entity mentioned that it has strengthened the Ideam monitoring network with about 100 hydrometeorological stations and in the company of the institute, it maintains the meteorological radars operations, which allows to guarantee more precise, appropriate early alerts and with greater coverage.
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The Invías, meanwhile, He has attended in the year of 783 emergencies in the national road networkof which 79% correspond to mass movements. Nariño, Santander, Boyacá, Caquetá and Huila concentrate more than half of the registered events. Currently, 60 emergencies remain active, 12 of them listed as high priority.
UNRGRD – National Unit for Disaster Risk Management
The institute also has contingency plans in critical corridors such as Quibdó-La Mansa (Chocó), The Landy-Saraven (Norte de Santander) and Pasto-Mojarras (Nariño) And $ 60,000 million pesos have been allocated so far in 2025, to attend these emergencies throughout the country.
UNGRD will allocate part of the $ 200,000 million turned by the Ministry of Finance, within the framework of the declaration for climate variability, for emergency care and strengthening the
response capacity. To date, This entity has delivered more than 998,000 humanitarian assistance kits, benefiting about 119,000 families, with an approximate investment of $ 54,000 million.
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Likewise, about $ 49.6 billion have been allocated to attend emergencies in 12 departments and 99 municipalities, with support of more than 128,000 hours of machinery and around 7,500 days of dump truck.
Although the rainy season began, the alert for forest fires is maintained in some regions of the country such as the center and south of the Andean region and the north of the Caribbean region.
Juan Martín Murillo Herrera
Portfolio journalist
