Life in water and mud: Colombians fed up with constant flooding

By Agence France-Presse

May 25, 2024 2:47 pm

COLOMBIA—The Berrio family moves around their home on raised planks, upon which their beds and furniture have been raised, to avoid the knee-high, murky waters that have invaded their modest brick house.

For the fourth year in a row, Colombia's northern La Mojana region has been flooded, drowning crops and animals in a worsening crisis exacerbated by deforestation and mining.

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