SEE SUMMARY
The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) raised the Yellow Alert to Red Alert in the commune of Renaico, La Araucanía region, due to the increase in the flow of the Vergara River, which reached Red Alert values according to the General Directorate of Waters. At the same time, declaring a communal emergency is being evaluated in four communes of Malleco.
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Due to the increase in flow in the Vergara Riverhe National Disaster Prevention and Response Service (Senapred) canceled the Yellow Alert for the commune of Renaico, in the La Araucanía region, and the raised to Red Alert.
According to data from the General Directorate of Water (DGA), the “Río Vergara in Tijeral” station reached values of the Red Alert threshold.
“The above can cause damage in populated sectors and infrastructure, requiring actions such as evacuations, defenses, availability of human resources, machinery and equipment,” they point out from Senapred.
It would also be evaluating declaring a communal emergency in at least four communes in the province of Mallecowhich would be confirmed (or not) in the next few hours.
Preventively, they had already suspended classes in the communes of Angol and Renaico, specifically in rural municipal establishments.
This in order to protect students from the wind and rains that hit the central-southern area of the country.
However, it is also counted Bridges fell, around 170 people were isolated and even two thousand homes were left without electricity. throughout the region of La Araucanía.
