By Anastasia Moloney

BOGOTA (AlertNet) - Colombia is still unprepared for flooding, four months after the South American country suffered its worst deluges in decades, charity Refugees International and local press have said.

The government has completed only around half of its planned prevention measures and works since the last floods killed 464 people, destroyed 16,000 homes and disrupted the lives of 3.1 million, according to official figures.

"Colombia is not prepared,” said Alice Thomas, head of the climate displacement programme at the non-governmental organisation, Refugees International.

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