The Government of Nicaragua, through the Ministry of Education, announced this Monday that classes will remain suspended on Tuesday, for the second consecutive day, in all schools in the country to avoid risks after the passage of Hurricane Julia, which officially produced no victims. but left material damage.
Classes were suspended as of Monday after the rains caused by Julia, which hit the Nicaraguan Caribbean on Sunday as a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale and later crossed it with tropical storm force.
In a statement, the educational authorities explained that they made the decision based “on the observations” of the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (Ineter) and the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Attention (Sinapred) “on climatic events” .
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“It is considered opportune to open classes again on Wednesday, October 12, to continue with the 2022 school year, in all its levels and modalities,” indicated the Ministry of Education.
The national authorities recommended that parents and guardians in each family “guarantee compliance with all preventive and protective measures in the transfer of students to their schools or academies.”
“We rely on everyone’s knowledge, experience and prudence to move forward,” he added.
The suspension of classes covers more than 1.7 million students and more than 10,000 schools throughout Nicaragua, a country that has been on red alert since Sunday afternoon.
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Despite the fact that Julia left Nicaragua on Sunday afternoon, local authorities believe that the risk of disasters has increased, because the saturated soils and the persistent rains, a product of the water that the cyclone drags from the Pacific Ocean, could cause flooding. and sudden landslides.
Julia, which crossed Nicaragua from southeast to northwest with tropical storm force, after having hit as a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, left significant damage in the country, such as flooded homes, homelessness or other partial damage, floods, fallen trees, detached cables, obstructed roads, bridges overwhelmed by the flows, suspended communications, among others.
National and international flights were suspended, as well as sailings to the Caribbean Sea and Lake Nicaragua, as well as to Lake Managua.
