Consequence of the heavy rains that have occurred in Bucaramangathe authorities defined declare public calamityto prevent community emergencies who live in high-risk areas in the city.
In the last two weeks there has been heavy rainfall in the Metropolitan area and in Bucaramanga, which has made the authorities remain on alert.
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In the case of the San Martín neighborhood, as a consequence of the recent rains, 20 families were affected, Likewise, in the San Pedro neighborhood, due to the rising of the ravine, sewers were blocked, which caused a collapse in the roads and flooding in some homes.
The administration of Bucaramanga has been emphatic in calling on the general population to comply with prevention measures and to report in time any event that may occur, The call is especially for populations living in high-risk areas.
The authorities have created various emergency committees in which they participate relief agencies such as Firefighters, Civil Defense, officials of the Risk Management unit of Bucaramanga where they are adopted urgent prevention measures, which are applied in different areas and communes of the municipality, especially where it has been detected that floods usually always occur due to heavy rains.
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In addition, the recommendations are also directed to areas and settlements in the north of Bucaramanga, where the authorities have placed special emphasis on precautionary measures, because these homes are in areas considered subnormal.
Thus, the mayor of Bucaramanga, Jaime Andrés Beltrán, reported that it is necessary that communities alert about any emergency situation that may arise with the rains, a consequence of the La Niña phenomenon.
For its part, Ideam warned that the department of Santander will continue to experience heavy rains during this month of May.
