In Marichen I, a town in the Guajira parish in the municipality of the same name in Zulia state, more than 50 families are affected by the floods caused by the rains of November 4 and 5. While the residents of Campo Lara, Lagunillas municipality, were left incommunicado after the overflow of the Burro Negro River, which occurred in the early hours of this Saturday 12
A week under water adds the inhabitants of the community of Marichen I, of the Guajira municipality of Zulia state. The rains recorded in the country in recent days also wreaked havoc in this town, located two kilometers from Paraguaipoa, a region that is home to members of the Wayúu, Añu and Arijunas ethnic groups. In all this time they have not received help from any government, national or regional entity, so they demand assistance.
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“Many of the houses are flooded and the inhabitants cry out for solutions to survive this calamity,” he says. Radio Faith and Joyin a thread posted on his Twitter account on November 12.
The inhabitants assure that mosquitoes, skin and respiratory diseases have proliferated.
Many of the houses are flooded and the inhabitants cry out for solutions to survive this calamity. pic.twitter.com/VC49qq9Gkq
– Radio Fe y Alegría News (@radiofeyalegria) November 12, 2022
The precipitations that were registered in the state of Zulia during the weekend of November 5 and 6, and even the monday 7, caused damage in several municipalities of the western entity. Overflowing of rivers, flooding of houses, loss of belongings and affected families were registered once again in this territory.
On Thursday, November 10, at least 10 sectors of the Mountain Axis in the Guajira parish, they were left without an access road: the flooding of the streams carried away the sewers; leaving families from the La Argentina, La Ceiba, Manzanares, Macho Solo, Guana, Carretal, San Martín and Guadalupe communities isolated.
Approximately 50 families are the most affected by the floods in Marichen I, Guajira parish | Photos: Ronald Fuenmayor
In Marichen I, the water has brought a proliferation of mosquitoes, skin and respiratory diseases; residents of the area told Radio Faith and joy.
Approximately 50 families have been most affected by the floods in this community of the Guajira parish.
“Many of the houses are flooded,” he says. Faith and Joy | Photos: Ronald Fuenmayor
Marichen I is located two kilometers from paraguaipoa, Guajira | Photos: Ronald Fuenmayor
Campo Lara also underwater
Inhabitants of hamlets of the Campo Lara parish of the Lagunillas municipality, reported to the whistle floods due to the overflow of the Burro Negro River, after the rains on the night of this Friday, November 11.
They specified that Piedras Blancas, Las Parcelas and El Sombrero are among the affected sectors.
Juan Gómez, one of the residents of Campo Lara, told the the whistle that the houses and crops are under water. «The cattle that the farmers had was trapped because it is difficult to get out by the current, people are leaving with what they have so that it is not damaged. We need help to deal with this overflow of the river », he added.
#Venezuela | Overflow of the Burro Negro River on the Eastern Coast of Lake Maracaibo, in the state of #zuliacaused flooding in several areas, leaving several families and homes affected. #12Nov
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— VPItv (@VPITv) November 12, 2022
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From October to November they were registered in the country at least 73 deceased as a result of the rains. Nail 6,000 homes were affected in October for a total of 14,000 in all the country. since April 1, when the rainy season began. The information was given by the Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Admiral in Chief Remigio Ceballos Ichaso, last November 3.
According to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inameh), several tropical waves are expected to pass through the country until mid-November. The environmental entity reported that for this weekend there will be “rain or showers with electrical discharges (blue flashes) and occasional gusts of wind, in areas of Zulia, Falcón, Yaracuy, Lara, Carabobo, Aragua, La Guaira”.
With information from Radio Faith and Joy
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