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Regional authorities are on alert for reports of emergencies caused by rains in various areas of the country. In Dabeiba, Antioquia, there were several landslides. There are three dead and several missing.
The heavy rains that occurred this Friday in Antioquia generated a serious emergency in the municipality of Dabeiba, western Antioquia. According to the mayor, Leyton Urrego, the rains caused several landslides that have so far left three dead.
“There were several landslides and a torrential avenue in the Dabeiba Vieja creek, affecting the villages of Button, Mohán and El Cajón,” reports the Municipal Council for Disaster Risk Management (Dapard) Antioquia in the latest report.
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The mayor of the municipality, Leyton Urrego, told Efe that “very torrential rains” caused “the landslide of several mountains” in sectors known as Button, El Mohán, El Cajón and Dabeiba Viejo.
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“We have rescued three bodies (without life),” said Urrego, who assured that four houses were left underground as well as several vehicles. According to the authorities, two of the bodies were found in El Mohán, one of a two-year-old girl and the other of an adult, while the other was found in El Button. In addition, according to the latest Dadpard report, there are more than 16 people missing and there are at least four people injured.
The official also stated that the emergency caused the closure of the highways that connect that municipality with Medellín, the departmental capital, and with the Urabá subregion. Two commissions traveled from Dapard, one by land and the other by air, headed by the director of that entity, Jaime Enrique Gómez Zapata, to find out the level of damage in areas that have not been accessible due to landslides and with in order to support the attention of the event.
The governor of Antioquia, Aníbal Gaviria, goes to that town to attend to the situation and assured that the Administrative Department of the System for Prevention, Attention and Recovery of Disasters (Dapard) works “in the consolidation of the report of damages generated by rains of the last hours in Dabeiba ”.
The Municipal Council for Disaster Risk Management reported in its latest report that it attends to emergencies in the municipalities of Urrao, Ebéjico and San Carlos. In Urrao, due to the high rainfall, the Penderisco river is increasing, generating floods in several sectors, affecting the La Magdalena bridges, the one that connects to the San José de la Pabón, and one more that presented total collapse.
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In Ebéjico, there are six landslides on the main road, section of la Renta – El Brasil district and in Blanquizal. Therefore, the total closure of the road was executed, the municipality is working on the reopening. And in San Carlos, there was a mass movement and a fall of trees due to the rains, causing the closure of the entrance to the municipality.
On Friday emergencies were already reported in Armenia, where a heavy downpour left several floods. According to the report of the Municipal Risk Management Office, the most serious case was in Milagro de Dios where the sewer system collapsed and covered several houses, so there are several affected families.
Worrying panorama in Cundinamarca
The outlook in Cundinamarca is not encouraging either. According to Humberto Hernández, coordinator of the CAR hydrometeorological monitoring network, “At this time, any downpour will generate an emergency due to sudden floods, because in itself, the river basins are already saturated”.
Rain volumes have been mainly concentrated in the savannah of Bogota and east of the department. However, the alert is also active downstream from the Tequendama waterfall, because when levels rise, floods are generated in municipalities such as Tocaima, Girardot, Apulo, among other flat areas.
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“The units must be very active in the highlands because the risk is of sudden floods, which are very harmful because they can drown people, damage infrastructure and they are rapid floods that occur in a matter of hours,” added Hernández.
For his part, Captain Álvaro Farfán, departmental delegate of the Cundinamarca Fire Department, said Ideam has predicted that these days will be very rainy and if the currents are more saturated than they already are, “we are faced with the point that any rain has great effects on the territory ”.
Ten municipalities were on alert
The Chocó Risk Management office reported, as recorded by BluRadio, that since this morning there are several situations in the department, mainly in the center and south.
Rafael Bolaños, coordinator of this office, indicated that the most complex situation is experienced in Carmen de Atrato, with the loss of two houses and problems on the road that leads to Medellín and Antioquia.
Magdalena, on alert
The Office of Disaster Risk Management of the Department of Magdalena (Ogerd) is trying to avoid the impact of the rains. As reported by Caracol Radio, Jaime Avendaño, head of the Ogerd, confirmed Red Alert in 25 municipalities and continues to address problems in the event of floods in the North, Center and Rio subregions, where the risks of overflows by rivers, streams and others are higher. water bodies.
Ideam: Tropical Storm Warning
This Saturday at noon, Ideam issued a “tropical storm warning for the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina.
This advisory means “that tropical storm conditions are expected within the area under advisory within 36 hours,” as the rainy conditions in the Colombian Caribbean associated with tropical storm Iota persist.
Ideam warns that the tropical storm is moving slowly with rains and thunderstorms, intense winds and high waves affecting several sectors of the Colombian Caribbean.
For their part, the General Maritime Directorate and the Caribbean Center for Oceanographic and Hydrographic Research report that tropical storm Iota “presents a minimum central pressure of 1005 mbar, sustained winds of 35 knots, gusts of up to 40 knots and a displacement speed 4 knots to the west-west ”.
This means that the meteorological conditions are conducive to a rapid and constant intensification in the center of the cyclone. Likewise, the tropical storm continues to generate unstable conditions that considerably affect the north, center, south and west of the Colombian Caribbean coast, as well as the insular area, with the presence of moderate to heavy rains and electrical storms.
“It is recommended to maximize safety measures in navigation and the development of maritime activities on the areas of incidence of the cyclonic system”, warns the National Maritime Authority.
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