Colombia’s Dams Are Overflowing — and a Political War Over Who Is to Blame May Matter More Than the Water

2026-02-09 - 18:25

Key Points — Freak February rains pushed Colombia’s Urrá dam past 109% capacity, forcing emergency water releases that worsened catastrophic flooding — 14 dead, 50,000 families displaced, 35,000 hectares of farmland underwater. — President Petro accused energy companies of deliberately keeping reservoirs full to manufacture a gas shortage and profit from contracts worth ten times