Five peoplethree adults and two minors, died in the Colombian Department of Norte de Santanderborder with Venezuela, after the growing PERALONSO RIVER He dragged a group of bathers who was in a spa in which a music band festival was held.
“From one moment to another, the river grew and took to three adult women and two minors“Police inspector Luis Eduardo Laduduct told Bluradio.
The tragedy occurred on Saturday afternoon in Salazar de Las Palmas for the growing PERALONSO RIVER, whose flow suddenly grew by heavy rains registered in recent days in the region.
According to witnesses, at the time of the accident it was not raining in the spa area in which a music festival was held in which local groups and others who had arrived from Cúcuta, The departmental capital.
He rescue Deaths took several hours. Shortly after, search work was suspended, since it was found that there were no more missing people.
According to the National Disaster Management Unit (UNGRD), the Rainy season He left 754 municipalities from 31 affected departments in the first half of the year, with a direct impact on more than 168,500 families.
The most frequent events during this first stage of rainfall in the country were landslides (571), floods (336) and sudden growing (115); While the most affected departments were Huila, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Caldas and Tolima.
