The Autonomous Regional Government of the North Caribbean Coast, in coordination with the Ministry of Health (Minsa), evacuated the Nuevo Amanecer de Bilwi Hospital, Puerto Cabezas; to the National Technological Institute (Inatec).
These actions are part of the prevention measures in the face of the arrival of a natural phenomenon that could make landfall as a hurricane in the Nicaraguan Caribbean in the coming days.
This same transfer was made at the beginning of November 2020, days before the impact of the powerful hurricanes Iota and Eta that hit the Caribbean in categories 4 and 5. These weather phenomena left destruction and death in their path through the country.
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This afternoon in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, a meeting of the Regional Committee for the Prevention and Attention of Disasters (COREPRED) was held to evaluate all the actions that are being carried out to mitigate and prevent the possible ravages that the country will face due to the impact of rains.
This Wednesday, June 29, the Army coordinated the air and land transfer of specialized search, rescue and rescue troops from the “Comandante William Ramírez” humanitarian unit and the Naval force to the municipalities of Bluefields and Puerto Cabezas where the impact of climatic phenomenon.
They prohibit sailing
This day, the Naval Force suspended the sailing of ships due to the bad weather that persists due to the entry of the natural phenomenon. The announcement was informed to the owners of industrial and artisanal vessels, captains of maritime and tourist transport; stockpile owners, fishermen’s cooperatives whose destination is the open sea, fishing banks, coastal communities, adjacent islands or keys,
The measure is applicable to the ports of Bluefields, El Bluff, Corn Island, Puerto Cabezas, Potosí, Corinto, Puerto Sandino, San Juan del Sur, Granada, Moyogalpa and San Carlos, as well as ship checkpoints and troop posts. naval.
The mayor of Bluefields, Gustavo Castro, informed the regime’s media that they have set up 38 shelters throughout the municipality, including the central zone. Alexis Thomas, political secretary of the Loma Fresca neighborhood, said that visits have already been made to the refuge centers to verify that they provide the necessary conditions to protect the population that is affected by the rainy storm.
