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The Office for Disaster Risk Management of Magdalena (Ogerd) reported that the sudden rises of the tributaries that descend from the Sierra Nevada affected some 8,000 people in the populations of El Retén, Aracataca, Banana Zone, Fundación and Algarrobo.
“In Fundación the affected people would be 3,500, while, in El Retén, Aracataca Algarrobo and Zona Bananera the victims are estimated at 4,500”, said the director of the Ogerd, Jaime Avendaño.
In each of these municipalities the relief agencies carry out evacuations of affected families while the Magdalena government manages the actions to try to contain the overflows of the Fundación and Sevilla rivers.
In the northern subregion of that department, work is being done to register victims in the areas affected by the emergency, the Magdalena Government said on Twitter.
By governor’s directives @carlosecaicedo, we work #UnidosPortiMagdalena. Thus progresses the registration of victims in the areas affected by the emergency in the Northern Sub-region of the department. pic.twitter.com/gDnytZHdOc
– Government of Magdalena (@MagdalenaGober) November 2, 2020
Rains caused by hurricane Eta cause floods in Cartagena
The mayor of ‘La heroica’ indicated that this Monday the strong rains, that were accompanied by thunderstorms, They flooded 120 homes in 16 neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city.
The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) said this Monday in a statement that “The major category 4 hurricane Eta will continue to strengthen in the western Caribbean Sea until it makes landfall.” Likewise, the entity published a graph on Twitter that illustrates Eta’s activity off the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras.
Eta continues in category 4 with winds of 240km / h a pressure of 927 MB, heading west and approaching Nicaragua, IDEAM continues to monitor its evolution. # IdeamEsConfianzaYPrevention pic.twitter.com/FyhJfMWItS
– Ideam Colombia (@IDEAMColombia) November 3, 2020
Before making landfall in Nicaragua, the cyclone could intensify to category 5 and flogging that country, as well as Honduras, for at least 4 days, CNN said.
In the following video, that media outlet explains the behavior that the hurricane would have this week and the damage it could cause, especially as it passed through the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras:
San Andrés, on alert for hurricane Eta
The aforementioned Ideam report states that “for the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina and the Serrana, Roncador and Serranilla keys, cloudy conditions with rainfall, electrical storms and strong winds and swells are estimated.”
According to information from the National Hurricane Center, last Saturday Eta went from a tropical depression to a tropical storm, on Sunday it reached hurricane category 1 and this Monday it is already in category 4.
For its part, the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management reported that it is monitoring the evolution of the cyclone.
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