The Nicaraguan authorities set the damage caused by Julia at 367.8 million dollars, which last October 9 hit with the force of a category 1 hurricane and later degraded to a tropical storm, according to a report released this Wednesday.
The Government of Nicaragua had preliminarily estimated the damage caused by Julia at between 160 and 200 million dollars, and later the National Damage Assessment Commission raised it to 300 million dollars, about 2% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). ) from the country.
Now, in the consolidated report presented to the representatives of multilateral organizations, the Executive established the figure at 367.8 million dollars.
The Nicaraguan Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Iván Acosta, told the representatives of the multilateral organizations that Julia caused damages for a total amount of 367.8 million dollars, with damages mainly in infrastructure and in social, productive, environmental, health, education, telecommunications, energy, and water and sanitation.
The official called on the international community to manage and mobilize the necessary resources to respond to this emergency.
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Last week, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) donated half a million dollars to Nicaragua to deal with the damage caused by Hurricane Julia, but it still does not specify how much it will disburse as a loan.
Nicaragua presented this consolidated report to representatives of CABEI, the World Bank (WB), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Program (WFP), and the Fund for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Also to representatives of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization ( UNIDO).
The cyclone impacted the Caribbean coast with hurricane force 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, and then crossed from east to west with tropical storm force.
During the passage of the meteorological phenomenon over Nicaragua, more than 20,000 people were evacuated, without reports of human damage, according to the authorities, although the Nicaraguan Army, local media and witnesses reported at least four victims in the context of Julia.
