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#UNGRDenMocoa | ¡Hablamos con hechos contundentes! Avanza la descolmatación de los ríos en #Mocoa, Putumayo, para reducir el riesgo de desastres.
A la fecha, en el dique 2, abierto en el río Mulato, se han realizado intervenciones con 300 horas de maquinaria amarilla.

On March 31, 2017, the capital of the department of Putumayo was hit by a torrential downpour. That night and early the next morning, the Mulato, Sangoyako and Mocoa rivers overflowed. Floods and landslides devastated the town. More than 300 people died and more than 15,000 were injured.

► Eight years and three presidents have passed since the disaster, but Mocoa has still not been rebuilt.

'Mocoa is located in the foothills of the Andes-Amazon, between torrential rivers and behind a young mountain range, still in formation and therefore unstable. 💦The nature of these waters is that they transport sediments, sticks and stones that then fertilize the soils of the Amazon plain and contribute to the nutrient cycle of the Atlantic Ocean. 🌊 Mocoa is a wetland, a transition zone with microclimates, biodiversity and vital biological corridors, an amphibious place blessed by its water resources in addition to its biocultural heritage. 🐆🦋🐟🦜🪱 Their rivers are neither brave nor guilty, nor do they deserve to be violated by an intensive system of mitigation works. ⛰️ Their mountains cannot be stabilized by force with slopes, anchors and cement.'

Photo by me, dec. 2013 when i was in Mocoa, Putumayo. You fold the leaf and drink nature 💚 #mocoa #putumayo #amazonas #colombia

🔴 #Manizales #Colombie 🇨🇴 Un nouveaux glissements de terrain dus à de fortes pluies fait au moins 11 morts et 20 disparus, moins de trois semaines après la gigantesque coulée de boue qui a dévasté #Mocoa, qui a fait 323 morts

🔴 #Mocoa #Colombie 🇨🇴 La gigantesque coulée de boue qui a dévasté la ville le 31 mars a fait 323 morts et 103 disparus (nouveau bilan)