The unusual rains that fell this January 1st, and which are added to the rainfall of the last days of December 2024, caused damage in different parts of Nicaragua and different neighborhoods of the capital.
The intense rains caused the “El Paraisito” channel to overflow, in addition to flooding homes in the Puente El Edén sector, María Auxiliadora neighborhood, Carlos Marx, Ciudad Jardín and locations at kilometer 13 Carretera Vieja a León.
Social media users published videos showing flood damage.
So far, the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Attention reported seven homes affected by wall collapse due to the accumulation of water, all in district four of Managua.
The Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies (Ineter) warned of sudden flooding in urban areas of Managua, mainly in the neighborhoods of districts four and six.
Manuel Prado, head of Climate Change at Ineter, explained that the unusual rains that have fallen in the west of the country are caused by the entry of moisture from the Pacific Ocean.
Prado clarified that it is not a phenomenon, but a flow from the southwest, a humidity that causes convective rains, typical of the rainy period, due to the unstable atmosphere and the low pressure system.
“Practically from today until Thursday (January 2nd) we are going to have interaction of low pressure systems, which are generating entry of humidity which will cause rain, mainly in the Central Region and the South Pacific Region, that is, Carazo, Masaya, Managua and Rivas,” explained Prado.
New cold front
According to Ineter, the rains will gradually stop starting this Thursday and Friday, which also coincides with the entry of a new cold front, so the temperature will drop to 17 degrees in the northern areas and up to 20 degrees in the Pacific and central areas.
In addition, moderate winds of up to 19 km per hour will contribute to the sensation of thermal drop in temperature. Ineter also warned of waves of up to 3 meters in the Caribbean of Nicaragua.
