Natural Disasters · Institutional source
Colombia earthquake: 1.2 million need aid as some communities remain out of reach
Ten days after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, an estimated 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance, while some communities have still received little or no aid, UN agencies said on Thursday.
- Source published
- 20 Aug 2026, 14:00 CEST
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- 23 Aug 2026, 16:51 CEST
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- UN News - All
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- strong · multi-source
- Source quality
- high
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- France, Germany, UN
Ten days after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, an estimated 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance, while some communities have still received little or no aid, UN agencies said on Thursday.
What is reported
Ten days after a powerful earthquake struck western Colombia, an estimated 1.2 million people need humanitarian assistance, while some communities have still received little or no aid, UN agencies said on Thursday.
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- Source published (RSS): 20 Aug 2026, 14:00 CEST. Publication time from the source RSS/feed
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Institutional or official source. Strong means high traceability of the source, not automatic certainty for every individual wording.
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