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More than 7,000 inhabitants of the rural area of Ituango are besieged by the rains. Since last Saturday, the heavy rainfall that has occurred in the department generated several landslides that have cut off from more than 60 villagesaccording to data as of this Tuesday morning.
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The mayor of Ituango, Javier Parias Posso, specified that the emergency has already far exceeded the capabilities of local relief agencies, Therefore, they made a call for help to the National and Departmental Government to face the crisis.
“The situation is very delicate, we have more than 150 kilometers of blocked roads and more than 50 homes in poor condition and at high risk. “We are in a very calamitous moment,” said the local leader.
As of this Tuesday morning, Parias pointed out that the list of isolated paths includes territories such as La Granja, Santa Rita, La Florida, Palo Blanco, Buena Vista, Quebrada del Medio, Cedral, among others.
In its conversations with the Department and the Nation, said municipality mainly requests help with yellow machinery or even fuel, so that as much equipment as possible can be used to clear the roads.
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Likewise, the municipality is also asking for help to repair roofs and aqueduct pipes affected by the emergency.
Although since last Monday, both Dagran and the local government had reported that the situation was already being discussed, Parias pointed out that until Tuesday morning it had not yet been finalized with the Governor’s Office or with the government. central in Bogotá the shipment of support.
“Since yesterday, Monday, we have been in the municipal risk management council, activating all the alerts and we are very attentive to the aid from the Departmental and National governments, which has not arrived,” he said.
According to the most recent report delivered by the director of the Administrative Department of Risk Management of Antioquia (Dagran), Carlos Ríos Puerta, as of last Monday the balance of victims throughout the department due to the rains already amounted to 70,000 people this year, 7 of them dead.
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In addition to Ituango, other municipalities that face problems due to adverse weather conditions are Necoclí and Carepa, in the Urabá subregion of Antioquia.
While in Necoclí the authorities were on maximum alert due to high waves that occurred last weekend, in Carepa 7 villages were cut off after the Long Bridge collapsed, leaving at least 30,000 families affected.
Similarly, between the subregions of the West and the Southwest of Antioquia, the rains generated a large mass movement that left the road between Santa Fe de Antioquia and the district of Bolombolo, in Venice, closed for more than two days, which was partially enabled this Monday.
“We are in the process of transition to the La Niña phenomenon. We have all the frameworks for action in the 125 municipalities, which allows us to anticipate any risk and that may eventually allow us to monitor and intervene with all the inter-institutional capacities that exist in the department in favor of all Antioquians,” said the director. Rivers.
According to the Ideam forecasts for this Tuesday, June 18, medium intensity rains are expected in subregions such as the Aburrá Valley and the Oriente in the afternoon, and in the Magdalena Medio and the Oriente at night.
