It has never rained so much in Colombia. “Over the past 10 months we have registered five or six times more rainfall than usual,” says weather specialist Ricardo Lozano. Torrential rain and flooding have affected more than three-quarters of the country. The most recent Red Cross bulletin reports 425 fatalities and 3 million disaster victims.
This is mainly the fault of La Niña, a cyclical weather system. “It used to occur once every five to six years, but it is increasingly frequent and severe due to global warming,” says Lozano. The current spell of bad weather is expected to last another two months.
Perhaps “weather specialist” Lazano should learn something about climate before talking about it to the press . Prior to 1978, strong La Nina’s dominated.
Lazano the self proclaimed weather specialist apparently does not know shit about weather patterns!