Venezuela Suffers Damages due to Heavy Rains
Heavy rainfall has left damaged and material damage in much of the country.
Mérida, Lara, Delta Amacuro, Sucre, Miranda, Vargas and the capital District are the most affected states in the country.
The heavy rainfall generated a week ago throughout the national territory has caused havoc in various sectors of the country.
The climatic phenomenon has brought with it the obstruction of roads - leaving the states and cities isolated - faults in the electric service, material damage, families and affected homes, as well as dead people.
As for the people affected by the rains, on Tuesday the Deputy Minister for Risk Management and Civil Protection, Randy Rodriguez, issued a general report, which noted that 457 families are sheltered in 47 shelters scattered in the most affected states: Merida , Lara, Delta Amacuro, Sucre and Miranda. He also noted that the rains will last 48 to 72 hours more in the country.
Greater Caracas
La Gran Caracas was seriously affected by the heavy rains generated on Monday. The Altamira distributor and the Francisco Fajardo highway were flooded, and there were failures in the electric service in areas such as Los Palos Grandes, Bello Campo and the central part of the municipality; where, as reported by users via Twitter, has not yet been restored.
In the municipality of Baruta there have been landslides that have affected homes, as is the case of the Hoyo de La Puerta sector, where a seven-month-old baby died.
The mayor of Baruta, Darwin González, commented that the situation due to the rains is "highly worrying", and emphasized that Las Colinas de Trinidad and the Industrial Zone also presented faults in the electric service.
Vargas
In the Vargas state, more than 102 families and 20 homes have been affected by the rainfall that has most affected the parishes of Carayaca, Maiquetía, Tarmas and La Guaira, according to the governor of the entity, Jorge Luis García Carneiro, who He assured that 32 of these families have been relocated to shelters in Catia la Mar.
Tachira
A total of 450 families are affected in the sector Boca de Grita, located in the state Táchira, as reported on Tuesday the director of Civil Protection of the entity, Jaiberth Zambrano; who mentioned Montaña Alta, La Grita and Las Mesa as the most affected sectors.
The citizen security organization declared Monday Orange Alert throughout the Andean state.
Merida
In Mérida state, roads, roads and streets have been partially affected in areas such as San José Las Flores, La Chorrera, Cuesta El Ciego road link, Trasandina highway, as well as Los Próceres avenue.
Lara
As reported by La Prensa Lara, around 146 families were affected in the municipality of Torres, located in the state of Lara, who denounced the little attention that the regional government authorities have had.
Those affected in the referred municipality commented that the mayor's office has only contributed with some food items.
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Analysis and Summary of the Publication
In recent days Venezuela has suffered the attack of nature, where rains that have lasted up to 3 hours continuously have turned the streets of Venezuela into rivers of water and mud, generating losses in millions of dollars.
It is regrettable that this situation is happening to a country that is in an economic crisis and is indebted to different countries.
The total number of families affected by the rains has not yet been calculated, but a few thousand are estimated, which should be taken care of by the humanitarian aid groups.
The government of Nicolás Maduro has not given a balance on victims of landslides and overflow of water flows due to the rainfall registered.
However, the press reported that a 37-year-old man - identified as Yhon Velásquez Rodríguez - died after being dragged by an avalanche of water and mud in the town of Carayaca, Vargas (center-north).
Multiple photographs of streets covered by mud, houses with destruction and roads closed by rubble are broadcast by residents of the Vargas and Miranda states on social networks.
Damages are also reported in the Táchira state (west), border with Colombia.
The government has not reported on preventive evictions in the regions most affected by the weather.
According to Civil Protection, the Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (IMAMEH) foresees "abundant cloudiness with scattered rains of varying intensity" in the coming days "in most of the national territory."
There are fears about the consequences they may have rain by the memory of the so-called 'Tragedy of Vargas' in December 1999, when huge mudslides left between 1,500 and 3,000 dead, 94,000 homeless and more than 130,000 evacuees, according to official figures announced in That moment.
The governments of Colombia, Chile and Panama offered the people of Venezuela humanitarian aid, where they hope to receive a reply from President Nicolás Maduro to carry out the shipment of food and medicines for the affected people.
We hope to receive all the necessary help so that Venezuelans can get out of this unfortunate tragedy.
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