Tropical storm Julia continues to advance through the Colombian Caribbean and keeps the alarms on throughout the country. According to the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam), the alert level of San Andrés and Providencia went from the surveillance category to the alarm category.
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“The level of surveillance that was had at the level of surveillance that was at the alarm level for the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia, Santa Catalina and Los Cayos has been agreed upon. What does this indicate? That follow-up measures must be redoubled the system given that in the next few hours it will continue to travel through the center of the Colombian Caribbean,” said Yolanda González, director of Ideam.
After this alert, the Civil Aeronautics temporarily suspended the shipment of non-resident passengers towards the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, from 7:00 pm this Friday, October 7.
Through a statement, he reported that the temporary suspension of civil air operations at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Airport in San Andrés and El Embrujo Airport in Providencia.
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The measure will initially be implemented from Saturday October 8, 2022 at 6:00 am, until Sunday October 9 at 12:00 pm
That if, “the restriction could be extended in coordination with the local authorities and according to the evolution of the meteorological conditions in the archipelago”, says the statement.
The Civil Aeronautics, in addition, established a unified command post with the air operators to monitor the meteorological conditions in real time and to define complementary measures to support the archipelago.
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And “it recommends that travelers stay in contact with their airlines to anticipate changes in itineraries, cancellations and rescheduling of flights.”
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