Tierralta, Montelíbano, Valencia, San Pelayo and Ayapel are some of the municipalities of Córdoba that registered serious emergencies due to the heavy rains that occurred in different departments of the Caribbean, even accompanied by strong winds which, according to Ideam, would have been the product of the passage of a new tropical wave.
Perhaps the most serious situation, in addition to the floods, the fall of trees and electrical networks, is reported from Ayapel, where a part of the bridge located in the Corinto sector collapsed, leaving the municipality cut off from the rest of the towns in the department.
The effects were reported by the governor of Córdoba himself, Erasmo Zuleta, who stated through his X account: “Today we woke up facing an emergency due to flooding in our department. The most delicate situation is in Ayapel, where heavy rains collapsed a bridge at the Corinto point, leaving the municipality incommunicado.. There are also emergencies in Tierralta, Montelíbano, Valencia, and San Pelayo.”
Likewise, the Cordoba president maintained that “our Infrastructure, Interior and Risk Management teams are already responding to the mayors’ calls. We urgently call on the National Government to provide us with help in this difficult rainy season., anticipating the arrival of La Niña. “We need help to overcome this crisis and protect our communities.”
Regarding the damage caused to several electrical networks, and according to the report delivered by the company Afinia, andAt this time there is no energy service in the municipalities of Chimá, in the tourist sector of San Bernardo del Viento, Pueblo Nuevo and in the towns of El Viajano, Colomboy and La Ywhich belong to the municipality of Sahagún.
However, through a public statement, Zuleta stated that “we are working together toto deploy all our capabilities in caring for the affected people with food and cooking kits. We are addressing the problem today in the midst of the emergency, and the call is to the national government because I have always said, every year it is the same story.”
