The Anzoátegui, Trujillo, Lara, Mérida, Táchira and Sucre states were affected by the rainfall this weekend, local authorities reported. The rains even left more than 20 families in the Montecarmelo municipality, in Trujillo state; Mayor Wilmer Delgado asked the national authorities to comply with the help required for the debris collection and rehabilitation of public services
The rains over the weekend affected towns in the states of Anzoátegui, Trujillo, Lara, Mérida, Táchira and Sucre, in the latter one death was registered, informed the governor of the Sucre entity, Gilberto Pinto.
During a balance on the rainfall, Pinto noted that the deceased was an eight-year-old boy. He explained that the minor was electrocuted when a wire detached from the electrical system and fell on him when he was bathing in the rain.
The regional president reported affectations in seven municipalities and failures in 25 electrical circuits, which teams from the National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec) already serve.
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According to his report, there were incidents in Sucre, Valdez, Mariño, Cajigal, Ribero, Montes, Andrés Eloy Blanco, in the latter the damage was concentrated in the Rómulo Gallegos parish, while in Cumaná, the problems were focused on El Peñón, Caigüire, Industrial Zone and in La Llanada.
The regional chief reported that citizen security forces are deployed throughout the Sucre state, before the early start of the rainy season.
“All risk management and disaster administration bodies are called upon to monitor these waters, which will continue to grow at night.”
Regarding the Andrés Eloy Blanco municipality, it reported that there is damage to a house in the Río del Medio sector, in Río Cristalino there was damage to the bridge that connects Casanay with Caripito in the Monagas state, which they are monitoring because the river water is undermining the foundations of the structure on the Sucre side. In addition, there are effects in La Palencia, with the fall of a power line pole, before which there is a deployment of Civil Protection and local firefighters, he reported. Time.
In the Pariano axis, he reiterated the damage to the Mariño and Cajigal substations, where they are still working. The governor pointed out that 60 liters per square meter fell, a very high amount of water, and insisted that they remain alert to events.
Rains leave victims in Trujillo
The mayor of the Montecarmelo municipality, in Trujillo state, Wilmer Delgado, reported that some 20 families were affected as a result of the heavy rainfall. He asked the national and regional authorities to comply with the help required for the works of debris collection and rehabilitation of public services.
He reiterated that his mayor’s office does not have the necessary machinery to carry out the work that is required due to the effects of rain. “We ask the citizen governor of the state to send a commission, through the team he has, so that he can help us resolve this situation.”
Among the affected sectors are: Choberón, La Vega, Las Villas Belén and Cristóbal. In addition, around 20 affected families were registered.
Rains in Anzoátegui
At least 10 sectors of Barcelona, in the Anzoátegui state, were affected by the rains, informed the president of the Public Services Corporation of the Simón Bolívar municipality, Franklin Marín. Of
“More than four hours of rain, which generated high volumes in some areas of our municipality such as the Brisas del Mar urbanization, Los Tronconales, Los Espejos, Barrio Sucre, Portugal, 29 de Marzo, among others,” said Marín.
He assured that emergency crews, backhoes, as well as Civil Protection officials were deployed in the affected sectors.
Flooding was also reported in Lechería and Puerto La Cruz, but the roads were cleared around noon, but failures in electrical service and communications continue because several substations work intermittently.
Affected in Lara
In Lara, the regional director of Civil Protection (PC), Luis Mujica, reported that 56 houses in the Guerrera Ana Soto parish reported flooding due to the rains registered in the last hours.
The PC official said that there is also a record of overflow from six streams in the parish. He added to his report that in the Freites parish, in the Crespo municipality, the partial collapse of a house was also recorded.
In the Aguedo Felipe Alvarado parish, in tato, he said that a Civil Protection team was deployed along with other citizen security bodies to immediately attend to emergencies that may arise.
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