The stilt houses and houses that are located in Baral, south of the lake, in Zulia state, have been affected after the strong winds and waves caused by the rains.
Among those affected are the stilt houses in Ceuta, Tomoporo and San Timoteo, as well as all the communities near Lake Maracaibo in the Baralt municipality, he noted. The Aragueno.
For this reason, the municipal authorities deployed monitoring in the areas. However, they will consider that the application of a plan on a larger scale is necessary to be able to help citizens more.
Residents of stilt houses in the South of the Lake require support
Given this, they requested the support of the regional and national government to deal with the situation.
“First of all, we want to ask people to calm down. This natural phenomenon caused strong waves that again destroyed the bridges of the palafittes of San Timoteo, which we had recently repaired together with the community. Here we must wait for the tide to recede to be able to turn on the bilge pumps, otherwise the water that we extract will come back in,” said the mayor of this entity, Ramón Bracho, accompanied by the Fire Department and Civil Protection.
They also indicated that, so far, the most affected homes are those whose construction is made of zinc or wood.
