At the end of a departmental risk council, the authorities in the Atlantic they decreed orange and yellow alert in the region due to the threat of emergencies due to heavy rains.
The Undersecretary of Attention and Prevention of Disasters of the Atlantic pointed out that the populations of Manatí and Repelón are under the decrees of public calamity.
The concern is heightened by the levels of the Magdalena River, whose threat due to overflow maintains an atmosphere of anxiety in the South Atlantic population.
It is worth mentioning that on repeated occasions, community leaders and peasants have sent alerts to local authorities so that prevention strategies can be implemented.
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Candelaria Hernández, Undersecretary of Attention and Prevention of Disasters in the Atlantic, explained that During this weekend a departmental risk committee was developed in which the decision was made to maintain the decrees of public calamity, until the rains decrease in the Caribbean Region.
“The Ideam has warned about the heavy rains that are coming for the department of Atlántico, and for this reason we decided to make the decision to decree the orange and yellow alerts for some municipalities. Let’s keep the public calamity in the South Atlantic, and I invite the mayors to activate their risk committees,” said Hernández.
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Inside the document it was stated that the levels of some tributaries have a tendency to rise in the Canal del Dique and its tributariesso that it is recommended to have greater vigilance in the municipalities of Manatí, Repelón and Sabanalarga, as well as in Mahates, Arroyo Hondo, Pasacaballos, Arjona and María La Baja in the department of Bolívar.
According to measurements made recently of the waters of the Canal del Dique, these would be above the 7.62 meters deepjust 20 centimeters from overflowing as it happened in 2010 when four municipalities in the Atlantic were underwater.
