LORICA, Colombia, Feb 10, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A rare spell of torrential rainhas killed at least 22 people and left thousands of families displaced inColombia's northern cattle belt, officials said Tuesday. "We've lost everything, all our belongings" said Enid Gomez in Monteria,where residents waded through waist?deep water. Residents used motorboats and makeshift rafts to pull belongings from floodedhomes as fields and pastureland vanished under water across Cordoba and Sucredepartments. Several of the flood's victims were in Narino department, where arain?swollen stream overflowed and buried several homes in mud, officialssaid. Scientists say climate change is disrupting Colombia's wet and dry periods,making rainfall more erratic and increasing the risk of extreme weatherevents.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 10, 2026 16:47 UTC