Hurricane Julia left more than 8,000 homes affected and more than 200,000 families temporarily without power or drinking water throughout the country, according to the latest reports from the Executive. The cyclone, category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, It also caused the fall of hundreds of trees and the overflow of more than 70 rivers in the different departments of Nicaragua.
Julio entered Nicaragua in the early hours of Sunday, October 9, in an area between Orinoco and Laguna de Perlas, in the South Caribbean. In its wake, it also left at least two people dead.s, which were dragged by the currents of overflowing rivers and streams, and two others disappeared.
The most serious damage, according to citizen reports and figures revealed by the Government, is recorded in the South Caribbean of Nicaragua, especially in El Rama, Bluefields and Corn Island.although other places such as Laguna de Perlas and Orinoco, until Monday afternoon they were still unable to communicate even with the state authorities, who said that they were still working to account for the damage, to disclose it in a report they are preparing.
Although the services have been restored since Julia left the country, the same Sunday afternoonapproximately one million people were left without electricity or water, if one takes into account that each family in Nicaragua is made up of four or five members. “Not having energy is also a difficulty, because there is no water. We have 93% service restored. A total of 190,000 families were reestablished. We hope that in the course of the day we will continue to advance”said the country’s vice president, Rosario Murillo, through official media.
The number of people left without basic services because of Julia could be higher, but there are several municipalities, both in the South Caribbean and in the central zone of Nicaragua, where communications have not been restored, according to Murillo.
According to Murillo’s statistics, some 5,696 people were left without the roofs of their houses in the city of Bluefields, head of the South Caribbean region of Nicaragua, and at least 763 on Corn Island, located about 60 kilometers east of the Nicaraguan coast. .
Destruction and floods in the Caribbean
The municipality of El Rama, in the South Caribbean of Nicaragua, was almost completely flooded after the three rivers that meet in that area overflowed due to the passage of Hurricane Julia. Photo: Courtesy/Confidential
Impacts of Julia in the Central and Pacific zone of Nicaragua
The strong currents exceeded the Panmuca bridge at the exit of La Libertad, Chontales. Photo: Courtesy/United Voices
