The hurricane Juliadowngraded to a tropical storm, affected some 1,500 families without fatalities, according to the preliminary report released this Sunday, October 9, after the phenomenon left Nicaraguan territory.
“There are 1,500 families, so far, that have been affected and a number of homes destroyed, more than 2,000, so far. Let us remember that we have not been able to account for a large part of the country, also with partially damaged roofs and many floods; more than 3,000 homes flooded,” reported the regime’s spokeswoman, Rosario Murillo.
He added that the electrical energy and drinking water services have been reestablishing, “with this we are left with drinking water also to a certain extent restricted because there is still no energy, there is no way to mobilize the water plants, therefore, not yet water reaches everywhere. As of today afternoon, 80,713 families do not have water.
More than 35,000 families in Ocotal, Central Sur, Totogalpa, Acoyapa, Chontales and sectors of the South Caribbean Coast already have electricity. On the North Caribbean Coast, more than 60 percent of the inhabitants already have service restored. There are still 240 thousand families in the dark.
“We have not yet been able to communicate with Laguna de Perlas,” he said.
Collapsed walls, 250 fallen trees in different municipalities, 78 overflowing rivers in León, Managua, Granada, Carazo, Rivas, Boaco, Chontales, Río San Juan, Matagalpa and Jinotega are reported.
Also minor damages in 49 schools, mainly roof detachment, falling trees and perimeter walls. There is damage to churches, stadiums and other facilities, the amount of which was not detailed.
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“To a certain extent we have had an impact on the infrastructure, housing, roads, communications and some education and health facilities, the usual, which are the doors. There are counties, communities, neighborhoods, where they have concentrated, solidarity houses, families that are returning to the extent that it is safer, returning to their homes, also traffic regulation, “Murillo said.
“The Ministry of the Interior has forces deployed throughout the country and continues its work, with the trees and with the evacuation of families at risk. There are more than 3 thousand forces deployed, more than 400 emergency vehicles, fire trucks, tanks, ambulances, all available to families in 153 united fire stations,” the spokeswoman assured.
The tropical storm began to leave the country at 4:30 in the afternoon, from Corinto towards the waters of the Pacific Ocean, reported the Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies (Ineter). The director of meteorology, Mario Baca, affirmed that the rains will continue, even, until Tuesday.
