Calera He had a very difficult Saturday. The municipality, close to Bogota, was affected by the overflow of three creeks and of the flooding of homes and vehicles washed away.
And the authorities confirmed the death of three people, in addition to the possible disappearance of several more.
Likewise, the Mayor’s Office of La Calera declared public calamity for the emergency”to advance actions in the response and recovery phase in the face of serious effects and damage caused in the territory, due to the action of natural events derived from the winter wave“.
(See: $2.1 billion, earmarked for emergencies due to rains).
Firefighters Bogotá confirmed that in the sector of kilometer 6 road to La Calera they have removed about 250 cubic meters of earth and mud, thus clearing 80% of the road.
In addition, a motorcycle, three vehicles and two houses that were affected have been recovered.
It is estimated that the operational period is 12 hours due to the 350 cubic meters of earth that remain to be removed at kilometer 5, an area where a vehicle is trapped.
But the most serious facts arose in the San Luis neighborhood, in Chapinero Alto, where The heavy rains caused the overflow of three streams that affected dozens of houses and businesses.
The identity of the deceased persons is still unknown and whether they were residents of La Calera, which is most likely.
The first person who died was a woman who was climbing the road when she saw herself in the middle of the river that formed on the road and She ended up drowned under a vehicle. The body was recovered by residents of the area.
(See: Declaration of ‘disaster’ for winter in the country: what will it do?).
Of the second, it is still being confirmed under what circumstances the death occurred.
Throughout the night of Saturday, residents of the area, along with members of emergency care agencies and firefighters, have been searching for the presumed missing.
What rescuers have found are trees and vehicles and motorcycles against houses They are located on the side of the road.
The community had to collect money to finance gasoline for the trucks and backhoes, to collect the rubble and to advance the rescue of the disappeared persons.
(See: Due to the rains, food prices will increase).
The inhabitants of the San Luis neighborhood also say that these types of emergencies are not the first time they have happened. Last Wednesday, November 9, when heavy rains were also recorded in the sector, residents tThey had to remove the water and mud from their homes with buckets, brooms and shovels.
In turn, they feel abandoned by the District and ask for collaboration to face this rainy season, which could continue causing irreparable damage in the area.
Saturday’s downpour began at noon and swept away several passing motorcyclists. A couple that was in one of these vehicles was knocked down and carried by the current at the height of the Santa María del Monte church. In these facts, The woman was carried by the water to a car, from which she held onto the bumper.
This is what La Calera looked like on the morning of this Sunday, November 13.
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The community tried to help her, but due to the force of the water they were unable to rescue her. At that time, the water was waist deep. the people who were in the shops of the place.
For its part, the streets were full of mud, garbage and debris, the same with which the community put up barriers so that water would not continue to flow into their premises.
(See: Two of the cities where it rains the most in the world are Colombian).
In another of the places a landslide that affected a car and a motorcycle that left three missing. Apparently, two of the people would be a caretaker who worked in one of the residential complexes and who was picking up his wife, who also worked in the same place.
Authorities are working in the area at the moment.
WEATHER – BOGOTA
