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.On top of that, a sandbag dike meant to protect the 500,000 residents of the vast plains, surrounding wetlands and swamps, collapsed on May 6, sparking a major corruption scandal around faulty repair efforts after a previous breach.
Carlos Carrillo, director of the state National Risk and Disaster Management Unit said mining is another culprit.Illegal mining operations use dredging to search for gold in rivers, which 'generates very complex changes in the dynamics of the river,' which is increasingly shallow, Carrillo told Agence France-Presse.These illegal mines have also contaminated the river waters with mercury, authorities say.
In Water And Mud: Colombians Fed Up With Constant Flooding
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