(5 Apr 2017) The area where the river overflowed its banks, flooding the town of Mocoa, was eerily quiet on Wednesday.
Families who lost their homes are still waiting for the government to tell them what substantive aid they are to receive having only gotten food and water until now.
Some residents, having lost their homes are having to guard what remains of them during the day and try to keep thieves from taking what little remains of their personal belongings.
The clean up is slow and red cross crews continue the arduous task of looking for the many missing.
The devastating flash floods that surged through the small city killed at least 290 people.
President Juan Manuel Santos and other officials pledged emergency relief and said that Mocoa would be rebuilt, including a new water system to replace the one damaged in the flood and new homes for those in the 17 neighborhoods hit hardest by the surging waters.
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