The intense rains that began at 5:00 in the morning this Saturday, October 11, caused heavy flooding in different sectors of the Cabimas municipality, state Zuliawhere several families reported material losses and severe flooding in their homes.
According to the official report of the Cabimas Fire Department (CBC)were received 29 emergency calls in at least seven parishes affected.
The most critical situation occurred in the Jorge Hernandez parishwhere ten incidents were recorded, followed by The Rosewith six; Romulo Betancourt and Germán Ríos Linareswith four each. Two damages were also reported in Carmen Herreraone in Punta Gorda and one in Ambroseincluded in the monitoring although without a specific number of reports.
The report, reviewed by The Zulia Regionaldetails that the rainfall, which lasted for several hours, They made vehicular traffic difficult and affected homes located in low-lying areas.. In sector R-5 of the Jorge Hernández neighborhood, the water level reached the mattresses and appliances of several houses, forcing residents to improvise containment measures to avoid further damage.
Call to the authorities
in the parish The Rosethe fall of a tree interrupted the passage on one of the main roads, which required the immediate intervention of emergency teams to clear the area and prevent accidents.
Until now no victims reportedbut the affected families made an urgent call to Civil defense and to Fire brigade to deploy care operations in the most compromised areas.
Local authorities activated the monitoring protocols and urged the inhabitants to avoid traveling through flooded areasmaintain caution against possible electric shocks and report any emergency to official channels.
The Cabimas municipality, which has suffered in recent years the deterioration of its drainage system and the lack of maintenance of ravines, once again faces the structural vulnerability that each rainy season exposes in the west of the country.
