In Cabimas, 3,200 families were affected by floods recorded on Saturday, October 8, in the Los Rosales and Las Delicias sectors. Firefighters helped the injured people. The authorities of the Eastern Coast of the Lake remain on alert for possible emergencies caused by the heavy rainfall that plagues several regions of Venezuela
In the state of Zulia, the tidal wave in Lake Maracaibo caused flooding, destroyed two houses and collapsed the roads in the towns of Palafitos and La Golfa, in the San Timoteo parish of the Zulia capital.
The houses were built on the lake with wood and zinc sheets, according to reports from Civil Protection of the Baralt municipality.
“The waves destroyed the paths of the palafitos of San Timoteo and flooded the streets, including the main avenue. You have to wait for the tide to go out to turn on the bilge pumps and start removing the water. Firefighters are also responding to the reports in Tomoporo de Agua and Ceuta,” reported the mayor of the entity, Ramón Bracho.
What the inhabitants of San Timoteo are experiencing in the Baralt municipality as a result of the rains is a true tragedy. pic.twitter.com/nkyiisZiWl
– Maria Carolina Quintero (@mariacquintero) October 9, 2022
Until 5:00 pm on October 9, no injuries or missing persons were reported due to the incident, which caused some inhabitants of the Moteo sector to remove appliances from their homes and abandon them as a preventive and security measure at dawn this Sunday. In those same communities, in June it was reported that 140 houses and 18 stilt houses in the San Timoteo parish were flooded by the rains, which affected at least 400 people who live in the area.
In other areas of Zulia, in Cabimas, for example, the rains have also wreaked havoc. There, 3,200 families were affected by floods recorded on Saturday, October 8, in the Los Rosales and Las Delicias sectors. Firefighters used pumps to remove water from the affected homes.
On the Eastern Coast of the Lake, the mayors, together with Civil Protection and Firefighters, maintain the situational ones to monitor the continuous rainfall in the state of Zulia, he reviewed. the whistle.
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