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In Cartagena began the delivery of more than 5,000 humanitarian aid and the transfer of those affected to two shelters, after the passage of tropical storm Iota that left 155,000 victims and 33 neighborhoods flooded.
Despite the fact that the district administrative department of health, Dadis, reported that emergencies, after more than 8 hours of uninterrupted downpours, did not claim human lives, the hospital yellow alert was declared, so that health centers and their staff are prepared to provide medical care to those who require it.
The mayor of the city, William Dau, ordered to prioritize the areas that suffered landslides for the shipment of yellow machinery.
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The monitoring began, from the early hours of this Sunday, in the Cerro de Albornoz, Cerro de La Popa and the Loma del Marión, there are also areas that are still flooded as La Bendición de Dios, in the Olaya Herrera neighborhood; Villa Gloria, Marlinda and Tierra Baja.
In the savings account of the Banco de Occidente Number 830-12551-4, in the name of the Tourist and Cultural District of Cartagena de Indias, Colombians can make their contributions so that the city can overcome this emergency.
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The yellow machinery will also be ready to clean some canals that caused flooding, such as the Matute that overflowed, flooding several neighborhoods.
Tropical storm Iota has so far affected 31,555 families, totaling 155 thousand people, informed the mayor of the city, William Dau Chamat.
Faced with the threat of heavy rains in the coming hours, the permanent care centers for the victims will operate 24 hours a day, as well as the temporary accommodation.
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UNGRD arrives with 10,000 humanitarian aid
The National Unit for Risk Management (UNGRD), an entity with which it began the management of at least 10,000 humanitarian aid, which would join the district effort from the OAGRD that has also provided market and toilet kits and mats to alleviate the situation . “Some 5,000 tents also arrived from Bogotá, with which we will be able to serve more people in the event that the effects worsen,” added Fernando Abello Rubiano, director of the Office for Disaster Risk Management.
Mayor William Dau reported that in the three Unified Command Posts, PMU, they have already distributed toilet kits, food, mats, among other humanitarian aid.
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San Andrés on high alert
The General Maritime Directorate (Dimar), through the Caribbean Oceanographic and Hydrographic Research Center (CIOH), reports that Tropical Storm Iota continues its passage through the Caribbean generating winds of 35 knots, that is, 63 kilometers per hour, and gusts up to 40 knots, which is equivalent to a speed of 72 kilometers per hour.
This tropical storm continues to generate rains and electrical storms in La Guajira, Magdalena, Atlántico, Bolívar, Sucre and the insular area; notes the CIOH.
“It is expected that Iota will continue to affect these areas and especially the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, as well as the Cayos del Norte Islands, especially the Serrana, Serranilla and Quitasueño Islands, with moderate to strong rainfall, and winds between 10 and 20 knots, that is, from 18 to 36 kilometers per hour, wave heights between 2.0 and 3.5 meters and possible storm surge “, reports the CIOH.
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