The heavy rains recorded in the northern part of the country, in the foothills and mountain range sectors of the Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo regions, have caused roadblocks and have left a number of houses flooded and isolated people.
As a result of the event, the National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) delivered a balance of the situation, detailing that in the Sierra Gorda commune, Antofagasta region, a total of five houses have been reported so far. flooded.
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Meanwhile, in the community of María Elena, 140 families from the Mancor and Campo Lindo camps have been affected. In the case of Copiapó, it was reported that there are 39 people who are isolated as a result of the activation of the Paipote stream.
As reported Radio BiobíoIn the Horcón sector, the situation caused a landslide from the hills near the town, which cut off traffic in both directions.
Police officers from Vicuña and the Pisco Elqui checkpoint indicated that the inhabitants of four houses, into which water and mud entered, are isolated. As reported by the major of the fifth Vicuña Police Station, Felipe Barraza, as a result of the above, an evacuation began.
The governor of Antofagasta, Ricardo Díaz, stated that “the Emergency Committee must be chaired by the highest regional authority. I am president of the Association of Governors of Chile; we have always raised the need to decentralize decision-making “.
“It cannot be that in the face of an emergency, to be able to allocate or be able to deliver in a much faster way, it depends on an authorization from the Budget Office. There has to be a way to act more quickly in the face of an emergency,” he added. .
On the other hand, the Yellow Alerts remain in force for the communes of Diego de Almagro and Alto del Carmen, in the Atacama region. Likewise, the Preventive Early Warning for the Antofagasta region and the communes of Copiapó and Huasco, and for 10 communes in the Coquimbo region.
