Floods, affected homes and fallen trees: total balance after the heavy rains in La Ceja

On Tuesday, May 7, they registered strong rains over the urban area of The eyebrow and part of the San José district. Mayor María Ilbed Santa Santa activated the Municipal Risk Management Committee (Comger) after the issuance of Red alert at the levels of the La Grande ravine.

During the contingency response, floods in the Leo Mazaro neighborhood, where four homes were affected; and in the San Cayetano neighborhood, two families had to evacuate the water, as in the sector known as San Pedro. In the Yegüerizo sector, a property was flooded and in the Las Lomitas neighborhood a home was damaged. All floods were minor and left only some material damage.

• The mayor, accompanied by members of the Comger and of Public Companies of La Cejatoured the areas most affected by the rise in water levels and made the institutional capacity available to families to support the removal and cleaning work.

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  In sectors such as El Hipódromo, Club Rotario and Fray Eugenio, water flow over the roads was reported, without major effects.

  The authorities also attended to the falling from a tree on 16th Street, between 21st and 22nd Streets, which was promptly removed.

  At this time, the municipal administration of La Ceja del Tambo manages resources at the departmental and national level to carry out works that mitigate the impact of flood riskaggravated by extreme precipitation phenomena caused by climate change.

  • To prevent several motorcyclists from escaping—crossing the platform or avoiding the officers—several traffic agents threw the cones at them that signaled the control operation.

  • With a total of 2,940,094 hamburgers sold, Burger Master 2024 exceeded all the expectations of Tulio Zuloaga, its organizer, who projected more modest sales in advance.

  • Nilson Baena, leader of taxi drivers in the metropolitan area, said that they will protest “so much informality and illegality that bleeds this union that lives under beatings.”

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