On the morning of this Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the emergency teams work in the streets of La Comuna and La Gasca, in the center-north of the city.
The emergency teams and citizens continue to recover the bodies of the deathly victims that left the alluvium recorded in La Comuna and La Gasca, in north-central Quito. Until 09:00 this Tuesday, February 1, 2022, the authorities They reported a still provisional balance of 18 dead, 16 missing and 42 wounded.
In the early hours of the day they recovered the last two bodies among the rubble and mud that spread throughout La Gasca Avenue and nearby points. Military, firefighters and police are in search and rescue tasks.
Municipal machinery and machinery from the Prefecture of Pichincha have joined in the cleaning work and the removal of debris from the entire area. A alluvium of proportions, caused by the heavy rain on Monday, January 31, exceeded the capacity of the catchment infrastructure and exceeded the reservoir in the upper area of The commune.
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The mud, then, came down at great speed and surprised residents who were playing on a soccer field. The commune, at the height of Av. Mariscal Sucre. The alluvium also surprised the residents of the gasca, who recorded what happened in videos recorded with their phones.
The Municipality confirmed until Monday night (January 31) that there was eight collapsed structures. This Tuesday morning the force of the natural disaster was evident. There were houses covered in mud, vandalized vehicles, uprooted trees and dumpsters swept away by the storm. alluvium. (DPV)
