Municipalities in Colombia and Spain Boost Emergency Preparedness Amid Climate Risks

The Colombian municipality of Dosquebradas reported that its emergency management team responded to the recent rainy season with 118 incidents, providing more than 280 humanitarian aid items to affected families. The local authority now focuses on the upcoming dry period, emphasizing forest‑fire prevention and monitoring the heightened likelihood of an El Niño event.

In Spain, the city of Elda approved a new Territorial Municipal Emergency Plan for 2026. The updated plan adds power‑outage scenarios to its risk catalog alongside floods, forest fires, earthquakes and events with large crowd concentrations. It includes revised risk assessments, updated maps, resource inventories, clear response protocols, and a public‑information campaign featuring pamphlets and QR‑coded access to the plan.

Both municipalities aim to improve coordination among police, civil protection, health services and fire departments while encouraging citizen participation in emergency preparedness.