Colombia dam warning: More residents may have to evacuate

A giant hydroelectric project that is under construction upriver is threatened by a possible wall collapse.

An evacuation order remains in effect in 12 villages in northern Colombia, as engineers struggle to control a dam at risk of bursting.

Five thousand residents have already been evacuated from along the Cauca River.

 

Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from the town of Valdivia.