20 photographs of the week

Providencia Island, Colombia

Residents sit in a Colombian army plane with their belongings as they are evacuated from Providencia Island. The islands of San Andres, Providencia and Santa Catalina were hit by Hurricane Iota this week as a category 5 storm, the strongest to affect the country since records began. According to official sources, 98% of the Providencia infrastructure was destroyed by the hurricane

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