Pereira also registered effects on heavy rains in several communes
After the strong storm that mainly shook the municipalities of Dosquebradas and Pereira, in the department of Risaralda, Socorro agencies and municipal risk management directions are carrying out reviews in different sectors to establish the number of housing affected due to floods and destroying, as well as determining number of people who were affected.
In Pereira, the sectors that were with the greatest effects due to heavy rains were the villaso and Cuba communesThis was reported by the relief agencies after a first verification.
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In the particular case of Dosquebradas, said Captain Joaquín Ocampo of the Fire Department, which, the most critical point was on Simón Bolívar Avenue at the height of Mercamás where a pádazada in the ravine of the area caused serious difficulties in mobility.
“There are more or less about 19 affected areas after a verification in the municipality, we register between 120 and 150 emergency calls from our communitywe are with some prioritized sectors such as Mercamás, Valher, La Sultana, La Aurora, La Independencia, Los Campestres, where we were presented with important effects and we had some areas that have not been affected for many years ago such as the Frailes area, where we were reported by floods. ”The commander of the Dosquebradas Fire Department explained.”
It is expected that in the next few hours the authorities will deliver official balances of the effects caused by the heavy rains accompanied by strong winds that were presented in this area of the department of Risaralda.
Source: Integrated information system
