According to the climate prediction report, the possibility of the La Niña Phenomenon has been raised to 65% from July to September and can extend to 85% from November to January 2025, this indicates the increase in precipitation throughout the department. In this sense, a call is made to all municipalities to take preventive measures in the identified critical points or sectors where mass movements, floods or torrential flows always occur.
Likewise, the latest IDEAM alert bulletin and due to the rainfall in recent days, there is saturation of moisture in the soils, which gives rise to different levels of probability for the occurrence of landslides, in hillside areas and high slope and therefore a red alert is given due to mass movements in the municipalities of Ibagué and Rioblanco.
Orange Alert: Murillo, Palocabildo, Alvarado, Anzoátegui, Ataco, Cajamarca, Casabianca, Chaparral, Coello, Espinal, Fresno, Guamo, Herveo, Lebanon, Piedras, Planadas, Roncesvalles, Rovira, San Antonio, San Luis, Santa Isabel, Villahermosa.
Likewise, the municipalities of the flat area are recommended to review the flood level maps of 14 population centers, where the flood level was determined: Ambalema, Ataco, Planadas, Coello (3 sectors), Natagaima, Ibagué (La Vega, Las Panelas), Coyaima, Flandes Guamo, Ataco, Ortega, Purificación and Suarez.
All Risk Management plans are available on the entity’s website and can be consulted at:
https://cortolima.gov.co/planes-y-programas/gestion-del-riesgo-y-cambio-climatico/consejo-municipal-de-gestion-del-riesgo-y-desastres-del-tolima
https://cortolima.gov.co/planes-y-programas/gestion-del-riesgo-y-cambio-climatico/planes-municipales-de-gestion-del-riesgo-de-desastres
From Cortolima, a call is made for disaster prevention and care systems to be aware of the threat that can be caused by a phenomenon with adverse effects on the population, which requires immediate attention from the population and law enforcement bodies. attention and help.
