Locations such as Pereira, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Sanctuary, Pueblo Rico, La Celia and Apía, are the most risky.
Municipalities such as Pereira, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Pueblo Rico, Sanctuary, La Celia and Apía, are on red alert due to landslide.
By the Winter wave that does not give truce in Risaralda 13 of the 14 municipalities of the department They were declared on alert against possible winter emergencies.
Localities such as Pereira, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Sanctuary, Pueblo Rico, La Celia and Apía, are those of Greater risk due to landslide.
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Alfredo Muñoz Velasco, director of the Civil Defense at Risaralda, who The population must be attentive to the changes that observe in their communities.
“For the rains that are registered in the department of Risaralda in recent hours, The IDEAM issued a series of alerts for landslides and sudden growing For some tributaries of the department. By landslides it gives us a red alert for the municipality of Apía, La Celia, Pereira, Pueblo Rico, Santa Rosa de Cabal and Sanctuary, ”said Muñoz.
This way, There are 13 municipalities that meet some type of alarm, Pereira with a red alert.
“An orange alert for the dosbradas municipalities, Marseille, Mistrató and a yellow alert for the municipalities of Guatita Quinchía. In This same bulletin are giving us an orange alert for possible sudden growing river riverwith special attention in the municipalities of Mistrató and Pueblo Rico, ”said Muñoz.
The municipalities that are at the west of the department also present alerts Taking into account that its tributaries can generate a risk for sudden growing.
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“A yellow alert for the Risaralda River with special attention in the municipality of Apia, Mistrató, Balboa, La Virginia, Río Otún, With special attention in the municipalities of Santa Rosa de Cabal, Dosquebradas, Marseille and Pereira, ”said Alfredo Muñoz, director of the Civil Defense in Risaralda.
Before the alerts for sudden growing and landslidesrelief agencies recommend communities to inform about sudden changes in tributaries or slopes to avoid emergencies.
Source: Integrated information system
