Colombia?s Own Katrina: Rupture of Dique Canal
Published at 12:55 pm, December 16, 2010
The heavy rainfalls that spurrred state of emergency calls in Venezuela and northern Colombia, have caused a canal that connects the coastal city of Cartagena with the Magdalena river to rupture and submerge half of the state of Atl?ntico in Colombia under close to 80 million cubic meters of water (0.0191930207 cubic miles or 2.82517334 ? 10⁹ cubic feet).
To understand the extent of the disaster, every week that the Canal remains ruptured is approximately equivalent to dumping the entire volume of St. Clair, one of the Great Lakes, on the region. It is estimated that even after the rupture is repaired, homes in the area will stay submerged for at least two to four months.
Published at 12:55 pm, December 16, 2010
The heavy rainfalls that spurrred state of emergency calls in Venezuela and northern Colombia, have caused a canal that connects the coastal city of Cartagena with the Magdalena river to rupture and submerge half of the state of Atl?ntico in Colombia under close to 80 million cubic meters of water (0.0191930207 cubic miles or 2.82517334 ? 10⁹ cubic feet).
To understand the extent of the disaster, every week that the Canal remains ruptured is approximately equivalent to dumping the entire volume of St. Clair, one of the Great Lakes, on the region. It is estimated that even after the rupture is repaired, homes in the area will stay submerged for at least two to four months.
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