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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.
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 18 (EFE).- What is now Tropical Depression Iota killed at least 24 people on its path through Nicaragua, Honduras and the Colombian Caribbean islands, their respective governments said Wednesday.Iota, which made landfall late Monday in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 250km/h (155 mph), pounded the same areas that were slammed two weeks ago by Eta, also a Cat 4.The death toll from Iota in Nicaragua stands at 16, while four other people are listed as missing, Vice President Rosario Murrillo told a press conference in Managua. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ). SHOT LIST: THE AREAS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IOTA, IN PROVIDENCIA AND SAN ANDRES, COLOMBIA.
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 Andrés (Colombia), Feb 15 (EFE).- (Camera: Ares Biescas) On the beaches of the island of San Andres, a Colombian paradise in the Caribbean, waves return plastic bottles, flip flops and single-use cups and cutlery to shore, covering the sand in the rubbish that has not been properly disposed of.FOOTAGE OF RUBBISH IN SAN ANDRÉS.SOUNDBITES AND TRANSLATIONS OF:Lizbeth Arigan, resident: "Around the trees, there's a lot of pollution. Pollution has taken over the vegetation."Rosaina Forbes, resident: "Kids have got sick because of pollution, they've had viruses with a fever, flu, vomit, diarrhoea. Kids and adults. A few months ago I had red spots on my skin, my skin was affected by pollution."Ana Raquel Mar, technical consultant at Schooner Night Ethnic Association: "It's a use project. We collect and transport solid residue that can be reused. In four months we have collected 40 tons. Of those 40 tons, we've sent 10 to Bogotá.""All this material we see here is ready to be taken on a ship to Cartagena."
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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