
The rains continue to hit Medellín and its surrounding municipalities. From the afternoon of this Thursday, May 8, The municipality of Sabaneta lives a serious emergency due to landslides. Some reports indicate several deceased in the middle of the landslides.
For now, the authorities and rescue bodies of Medellín are already in critical places to try to control the eventualities generated while the night progresses. The leaders of the two cities spoke about it.
PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF SABANETA LAND
The emergency is being registered by citizens who, in social networks, have published the photos and videos of the intense rainfall that the municipality lived.
However, there was one of the emergencies that took vital importance for rescue bodies: a large mass of land detached in the San Isidro village sector and the sliding left people who were the main objective for the authorities from the moment it happened.
The mayor of Sabaneta, Alder Cruzgave the balance of the work that are advanced to find the whereabouts of people. Unfortunately, the Fire Department confirmed the death of five people and the disappearance of two others.
Sabaneta slip, Antioquia Photo:government/ DAGRN
“We have just received a report: five bodies have recovered so far, three women and two men; we are in the search for two people” of which health status is not yet known. In addition to this, the official reported what could have happened to give this tragedy.
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“According to the information we have received, the mountain began to move, they left their home to look and the slope went down at that time and ended their lives,” mentioned. According to him, this sector was not among those who had demarcated as high -risk areas.
Sabaneta slip Photo:Antioquia governorate
However, the sliding obeyed an unprecedented rain that now challenges the work of the rescue bodies arranged for these eventualities. The official also notified that the energy was suspended in the sector and shelter points were arranged for the victims:
- Great Hall of Hotel Extremadura
- Driver the surge area
The government institutions requested supplies and donations to help the families affected by these events. In addition, they assured that in the shelters arranged there are enough mats and blankets to receive them.
He Governor of Antioquia, Andrés Julián RendónHe said that he is working with yellow machinery to advance the removal of the dough of land through photos in his social networks and expressed their condolences to the families affected by this fact. “From Dagran they inform us that they are 5 victims of the tragedy and 2 more people find missing,” he said.
Sabaneta slip, Antioquia Photo:GOVERNMENT/ DAGRN
Federico Gutiérrez, mayor of Medellín, informed that: “The SIATA warns that the rains will follow throughout the night in much of the Aburrá Valley” and that the Medellin authorities are willing to help in Sabaneta.