00:00A typical cold front brought heavy rains during what is normally the dry season,
00:07triggering widespread flooding across Cordoba Department in Colombia on Tuesday.
00:12According to the National Disaster Risk Management, more than 27,000 families were affected,
00:19with Cordoba, Cauca, Antioquia, and Norino among the hardest-hit departments.
00:25Norice Ramos, an affected resident, expressed sadness but faith that the situation would pass,
00:32while Ana Painado described the horror of watching floodwaters damage her home.
00:37ANGELICA VERBELL, Deputy Defense Minister Angeleca Verbel,
00:44said collapsed bridges and river overflows blocked access to municipalities,
00:52including Valencia and Tierra Alta, where police and military forces deployed rescue operations
00:59for missing persons and isolated communities.
01:03ANGELICA VERBELL, Deputy Defense Minister Angeleca Verbel,
01:05said collapsed bridges and river overflows blocked access to municipalities,
01:09including Valencia and Tierra Alta, where police and military forces deployed rescue operations
01:14and persons and isolated communities.
01:16ANGELICA VERBELL, Deputy Defense Minister Angeleca Verbel,
01:17said to the balance that we have today, San Jorge is with difficult access.
01:21There are bridges, there are also, let's say,
01:24desbordations of rivers that have not allowed us to access these municipalities.
01:28We talked about Valencia, we talked about Tierra Alta,
01:31and, well, there are all the capabilities of the public forces,
01:36the police and the military forces to be able to reach and have access to those people
01:42who have not been able to rescue, to the disappeared,
01:45to be able to support and assistance to those people who are still isolated
01:50due to the difficulty of accessing those territories.
01:53The Ministry of Defense mobilized helicopters, rescue boats,
01:57and specialized personnel to reach remote flooded areas
02:01and deliver humanitarian aid to affected families.
02:12parts are like,
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