Once again, the roads in Colombia are suffering from paralysis due to the heavy downpours that are falling in several areas of the country, one of them is the one that leads from the capital of Rizal to Chocó, where a driver recorded the exact moment in which it occurred. a mass removal that has kept the road disabled since the early hours of Sunday, May 12.
The disaster occurred in the Taiba sector, in the corridor that leads from the municipality of Pueblo Rico to the district of Santa Cecilia, in the jurisdiction of Risaralda, they reported on the radio station Snail Radio.
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They added that the paralysis on the road The consequence was that no more tickets were offered at the Pereira and Quibdó transport terminals, but to the surrounding areas where the collapse occurred.
Meanwhile, on the television news Caracol News They highlighted that landslides have been occurring throughout this week as a result of the wave of rain that that area of the country is going through.
In that newscast, users of the road corridor complained because the rescue organizations have not started the work to re-open the road.
“In the early morning a large landslide occurred that blocked the road and “This is the time when there is no machinery in the sector and there are several vehicles backed up there, both cargo and passengers, waiting for the passage to be cleared.”said Walter Arango, spokesman for the transporters.
Finally they indicated in Caracol News that there is also concern on the part of users on the Medellín-Quibdó road because there are more landslides, the authorities suspended night traffic in the area and asked drivers to be careful during the day.
In January, a landslide occurred in that same road corridor that left a tragic death toll of 33 people in the jurisdiction of Carmen de Atrato (Chocó) in January of this year.
According to information obtained by the magazine Weekthe region has little telephone signal, a situation for which the people present in the place They alerted the authorities about the incident “how could they”.
“It is a tragedy of great magnitude. We are moving several corpses. There are some vehicles trapped. We request quick help. If there is a way to move a helicopter to come and rescue the injured, it would be very helpful,” said one of those affected.
Precisely the Sundayhe Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) published a list of municipalities under red alert due to rain in the country.
They detailed that there was a reduction in the rainfall volume compared to the May 11; however, they continue to register precipitation in the north of the territory and in certain places in the Andean regionhighlighting Carmen from Apicalá (Tolima) as the most affected municipality when reporting 100 millimeters of rain.
“In the last few hours, dry weather has predominated in most of the country, with clear to partially cloudy skies, except in areas located in Cesar, Magdalena, Bolívar, Sucre, Córdoba, Antioquia, Norte de Santander, Santander, Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío, Chocó, Valle del Cauca, Tolima, Arauca, Casanare, Meta, Vichada and Guainía, where abundant cloudiness with rains and thunderstorms was evident,” the entity noted.
According to him Institutethe municipalities that present a higher risk are located in the areas corresponding to the Magdalena-Cauca hydrographic basindue to a high probability of sudden increases or high levels in the rivers.
Despite being in full rainy seasonin which they also pointed out that the possibility of vegetation fires in Sitionuevo (Magdalena).
