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President Iván Duque got up early this Sunday to visit some of the parts of the country most affected by the winter wave of recent days. Accompanied by several of his ministers and senior state officials, the president traveled to Dabeiba, in Antioquia, and to Cartagena.
The president recognized that the National Government has to start mobilizing aid to support those most affected by the winter and He stressed that the important thing is to arrive as soon as possible with aid for those who are requiring it.
The overflowing of rivers is the main damage caused by the heavy rains in Chocó.
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The rains have also been experienced in the capital of the country.
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For their part, the agencies recommend taking preventive measures in the main resorts of Santa Marta in light of the weather conditions.
The Historic Center of Cartagena also faces floods with the arrival of winter.
In some areas of the island of San Andrés the waters resulting from the floods reached the waists of the inhabitants.
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The rains that have fallen in recent days have affected some areas of the country, not only due to the overflowing of rivers but also due to landslides and flash floods, even in urban areas.
“We are sizing a period that will be at least 30 more days where we will be seeing rainfall, according to the reports we have from Ideam, “warned the head of state from the Catam military airport, before leaving for the Antioquia municipality.
In any case, the president said that the message is that we have to work together as a nation to address this situation.
But he also added that it is necessary for all of us to take precautions as “30 days of rainfall will come that may turn into some difficulties.”
In any case, the President insisted on his message of national unity in the midst of difficulties and said that “we all have to move forward.”
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The president also said that prevention measures are being defined for what may be the passage of a new tropical storm through the Caribbean area. He warned of the risk it could pose, especially on the island of San Andrés.
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Initially, the head of state arrived this Sunday in Dabeiba, a municipality affected by the floods, where he met with departmental and local authorities.
“My message is solidarity, the presence of all the institutions to respond to the families that have been affected”Duque said during an inspection of the damage caused by the heavy rains.
“Today we have seen heartbreaking testimonies, very sad, of families that due to the avalanche lost loved ones, also lost their way of life and we are here to help,” added the president.
“We hope today, already with the Interior and the National Government, to begin to deploy humanitarian aid “was the hopeful announcement of the head of state for those affected by the rains.
“There are some of the families that had their agricultural businesses and the idea is to register the victims and see how with the Government, with the Mayor’s Office, we understand where land can be enabled; seek the accompaniment of the Agrarian Bank, the accompaniment of the Ministry of Agriculture, link schemes of ‘Contract Agriculture’, we are also talking with the Ministry of Housing on rural housing issues ”, said Duque.
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During his presence in Dabeiba, the president also recalled that in the department of Chocó there are more than 10 municipalities that have been affected by the winter wave.
“We we have 10 or 11 municipalities affected in Chocó. We are seeing the case of Lloró, which is a much more complex case due to structural damage to critical infrastructure that we are attending to, ”he said.
Precisely the Minister of Defense, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, leads this Sunday a Unified Command Post (PMU) in Quibdó, to address the effects of the rains of the last hours in the department.
“I asked the Minister of Defense, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, to be in the department of Chocó today, he is also with the Risk Management Unit doing the lifting of the Single Registry of Victims (RUD) and look at the infrastructure effects, work with Invías (National Highway Institute) and with ANI (National Infrastructure Agency) as we are doing ”, the President stressed.
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