Authorities are taking the necessary measures to protect affected communities.
The Regional Autonomous Corporation of the Sinú and San Jorge Valleys (CVS), which is the local environmental authority, called to take prevention measures in the municipalities of Montelíbano, La Apartada, Buena Vista and Pueblo Nuevodue to imminent flooding in the Sinú and San Jorge rivers.
La Mojana is on alert again, this time rupture of a gap at the point known as Las Vegas, between El Campano and Berlinin the district of Tierra Santa, municipality of Buenavista, department of Córdoba.
Given this situation, the CVS has announced the red alert due to the imminent risks of flooding in the upper and lower basin of the San Jorge River. Because of this, The entity urges the authorities to pay special attention to the communities of El Deseo, El Chipal, Nueva Esperanza, Cintura and Puerto Santo in Pueblo Nuevo.
Orlando Medina, director of the CVS environmental authorityexplained that “The alert that CVS has issued at this time is due to the high rainfall that is occurring in the department, 54% above the historical figures that we have for the month of June. The second is due to the high flows of the Sinú and San Jorge rivers.
On the other hand, the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) reported 24 red alerts in several rivers in the country: The Orinoco River basin has 11 alerts, Caribe 8, Magdalena – Cauca 5 and Pacific 1.
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