There are several injured, there is no security if there are fatalities or people trapped. The victims have stated that everything came crashing down from one moment to another, I assure you it could have been as tragic as what happened weeks ago in Dosquebradas, Risaralda.
News Manizales.
Heavy rains caused what could have been a great tragedy in the city of Manizales; During the afternoon of this Wednesday, February 23, a new landslide fell on several houses in the capital of the department of Caldas.
Manizales authorities confirmed that the emergency occurred after 4:00 pm in the La Castellana neighborhood, in the vicinity of Centenario Avenue.
Through social networks local media and inhabitants of the area have published images where they have been giving details of the complex situation.
The landslide took the inhabitants of the sector by surprise.
Relief agencies are working on search tasks.
The mayor of Manizales, Carlos Mario Marín, made several reports of the emergency:
- “Three people have been rescued from the slope. I ask all Manizales not to interfere with the work of relief agencies who are securing the area. There is no entrance to the El Bosque neighborhood and you cannot walk behind the Centenario neighborhood.
- “The relief agencies transferred a person who was injured after the landslide to a health center in the area. Relief agencies are inspecting the sector to determine the number of people trapped.”
Beside @aguasmzl Work is being done to channel the water and prevent it from being dammed up in the area. #At this time Another person is transferred by relief agencies to a care center to receive medical care. So far, four people are being assessed. pic.twitter.com/vnI8JRzekP
– Carlos Mario Mayor (@Alcalde_Verde) February 23, 2022
So far relief agencies have not confirmed whether there are people trapped in homes or fatalities.
However, search and rescue efforts continue.
The rain has fallen in the place of the emergency in the Centenario Avenue sector #Manizales, La Castellana neighborhood. Until now @Mayor_Green reports that they have transferred a person injured by the landslide. @diegohidalgo613 Tell more about the situation. https://t.co/ygaWDMnM4v pic.twitter.com/ztphBKS1nS
— LA PATRIA newspaper (@lapatriacom) February 23, 2022
The avalanche took the inhabitants of the area by surprise.
“From one moment to the next, everything came crashing down,” narrates Julián Patiño about the landslide in the La Castellana neighborhood #Manizales. She has lived there for 5 years. Video @freara pic.twitter.com/CVOjdicJ7s
— LA PATRIA newspaper (@lapatriacom) February 23, 2022
What happened this afternoon in Manizales was presented in conditions similar to what happened a few weeks ago in Dosquebradas, Risaralda.
