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Providencia residents walk through the debris after the passage of Iota, the only Atlantic hurricane this year to reach the maximum Category 5 status, which caused widespread damage and left one dead in the Colombian Caribbean island. IMAGES
San Andres, Nov 17 (EFE).- The Colombian island of Providencia, a 17-square-kilometer paradise in the Caribbean Sea, has been almost entirely devastated by the powerful Hurricane Iota, which destroyed infrastructure and left at least two people dead and one missing, as President Iván Duque verified Tuesday."We have a severe impact on the infrastructure, it is true – we have destruction of a large part of the housing infrastructure," said the president, who visited the islands of San Andrés and Providencia, located off the coast of Nicaragua, more than 700 kilometers from mainland Colombia.SHOT LIST: ROADS BLOCKED BY TREES AND DEBRIS IN SAN ANDRES, COLOMBIA.
Locals walk around fallen trees and broken houses as the coastline of Colombian Island San Andres looks to have taken a battering from the effects of Hurricane Iota that is making its way across Central America and has been downgraded to tropical storm. IMAGES
San Andres, Nov 19 (EFE).- El Senado mexicano aprobó legalizar la marihuana recreativa este jueves, un paso histórico para aliviar la crisis de derechos humanos y consolidar al país como potencia industrial del cannabis, aunque activistas advierten que aún es insuficiente y todavía debe superar escollos legislativos.Con 82 votos a favor, 18 en contra y siete abstenciones, el Senado avaló la creación de la Ley Federal para la Regulación del Cannabis y el Instituto Mexicano de Regulación y Control de Cannabis, además de reformas a Ley General de Salud y del Código Penal que prohíben el consumo lúdico de la marihuana. (Camera: JUAN DAVID SUAREZ). SHOT LIST: FAMILY AND FRIENDS AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF SURVIVORS OF HURRICANE IOTA WHO ARRIVE FROM PROVIDENCIA ISLAND AT THE GUSTAVO ROJAS PINILLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN SAN ANDRES, COLOMBIA.SOUND BITES: LEOVA, A SWISS TOURIST ARRIVING TO SAN ANDRÉS FROM PROVIDENCIA.
San Andrés Island (Colombia), Nov 20 (EFE) (CAMERA: Klarem Valoyes).- The devastating passage of Hurricane Iota through the Colombian archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina left thousands of people homeless waiting for help Government or evacuation to overcome the emergency.
Local residents wade down flooded streets in La Lima municipality, northern Honduras. Homes and businesses are left entirely or partially submerged in the flooding caused by the overflow of the Chamelecon river after the passage of Hurricane Iota. IMAGES
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