Cuatro Cañadas reports more than 3,000 hectares of crops under water and prepares a disaster declaration

The municipality of Four Canadas prepares a disaster declaration law due to the intense rains that have been falling since the end of 2022. According to a report by the Productive Development Directorate, so far there are more than 1,800 families affected in 30 communities and more than 3,000 hectares of crops under water.

“Unfortunately, in this first month of the year we have had unusual rainfall that has exceeded 200 millimeters. This amount of rainwater has affected us mainly 90% rural communities, leaving more than 3,000 hectares of crops affected”, informed the municipal director of Productive Development, Francisco Ortiz.

indicated that 90% of said crops would be soybeans, and the rest would be corn and sorghum. The losses still need to be quantified in some areas where it is not possible to enter because the water is still high, but he estimates that the affectation already exceeds the Half a million dollars.

Fortunately, In the last two days the weather conditions have improved.which allows work on channeling streams and cleaning canals, although it is expected that the rains will return over the weekend.

“We are coordinating the way in which assistance is going to be provided because we continue with rain forecasts, We have families that have waist-deep water in their homes. and grain producers who, in many cases, have lost 100% of their crops and many of them work with banks, then the situation is serious, we are going to declare disasterOrtiz said.

According to the latest report from the Vice Ministry of Civil Defense, the overflow of rivers in the country has so far left two dead, 5,550 families affected and 75 houses destroyed in the departments of La Paz, Santa Cruz and Beni.

While, as for crops, they were under water 30,000 hectares of soybeans in the department of Santa Cruzaccording to preliminary data.