Mocoa, 8 years later: the urgency of dealing with environmental crises and disasters

Eight years ago, on March 31, 2017, the city of Mocoa suffered one of the most devastating socio-environmental tragedies in the recent history of Colombia. Rains intensified by climate change, coupled with deforestation of the rounds of water sources and high mountain ecosystems, generated the overflow of the rivers Mocoa, Mulato and Sangoyaco and the ravines La Taruca and La Taruquita, which quickly became an avalanche of water, mud and stone t…

Eight years have passed since the tragedy in Mocoa: victims are still waiting for progress in the construction of TuBarco houses News This March 31 marks eight years of the devastating avalanche in Mocoa, a tragedy that caused the death of 335 people, thousands of victims and the disappearance of seven entire neighborhoods. News Colombia. Today, eight years are commemorated of the disaster in Mocoa that caused 335 deaths, thousands of people aff…