Inhabitants of the San Antonio Norte neighborhood, located in the town of Usaquén, then asked for help a heavy rain that affected the residential set where they reside. On the afternoon of this Sunday what was described as a gale came with power to this area of the city.
“There was, I say, a storm, because I don’t know what happened. The fact is that the roofs of the last apartments to fly came out. Where I live the kitchen, the living room, the bedrooms, the bathrooms … We are homeless,” we explained a inhabitant of the set affected to Caracol news.
“There are more affected people who have no roof. I called to report to help us, but no one has arrived. Here I live with two minors and request help because one of the roofs of the rooms is detached, ”added the woman, who also said that the firefighters passed through the place, but retired after a few minutes.
The Ministry of Environment and the District Institute for Risk Management and Climate Change of Bogotá (Idiger), in its daily alerts, said that about 3:00 pm rained in the city in different locations such as Ciudad Bolívar, Puente Aranda, Antonio Nariño, Barrios Unidos Engativá, Uribe Uribe and Teusaquillo. The entity stressed that in Usaquén and rises the rains were stronger, as evidenced by the inhabitants of the affected team. Official Firefighters of Bogotá also reported the fall of several trees on city roadsamong which are a case on 180th Street with 12th Carrera.
They emit alert by climatic conditions
This Sunday the Idiger also issued an alert to notify the population in the face of current climatic conditions and the vulnerability identified in critical points of the city, especially in hillside areas, surrounding areas to wetlands and intervened channels.
“On March 1 to date, 872 emergency events generated as a result of the rainy season have beentypified as follows: 597 of trees involvement; 206 for damage in sewerage service; 32 for mass movements; 27 for flooding; 6 For strong winds and 4 as overflow of channels, “the entity wrote in a statement.
The Idiger said that the localities with the greatest occurrence of events are Suba, Usaquén, Engativá, Chapinero and Kennedy. “In this season, there have been about 20 affected families, which received the respective humanitarian and pecuniary aid.”
On average, the city records about 56% of the annual rains during the month of April. Last Friday, in just a few hours, there was a percentage of rains above normal: approximately 25% of the precipitation of a whole week in the basins of the Fucha and Salitre rivers, with volumes of water close to 12.5 and 10.5 million cubic meters, respectively, which equals more than 9,000 full Olympic pools. This accumulation caused an increase of approximately 1.5 meters at the level of the Bogotá River, according to the data reported by the Idiger Hydrometeorological Stations Network.
The District Risk Management and Climate Change System (SDGRCC) performs permanent monitoring of the bodies of water, identifying the following as special attention Today:
- Córdoba Channel: It presents high susceptibility to flooding and flooding due to recent rainfall.
- Callejas Canal: There is a significant increase in its flow, increasing the risk of overflow in low areas.
- Molino channel: It maintains a high level of water, with potential to generate flooding in surrounding areas.
- Córdoba wetland: Terrain saturation is recorded, increasing the risk of flooding and affectations to biodiversity.
- Tibabuyes wetland (ethics): It presents conditions similar to the Córdoba wetland, with high probability of waterlogging.
school bus was trapped by floods
Due to the rains last Friday, a school bus was trapped in one of the city roads, but managed to leave by its own means, according to the fire report. As alternate routes, the authorities recommend drivers to take 134 street to the West and continue by race 9 or race 19. “Remember that rain can subtract visibility and the wet floor affects the braking capacity. It leads with caution,” said Bogotá Transit.
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