Authorities attend to emergencies caused by rains in Cesar

The Government of Cesar pays attention to the emergencies presented by the presence of atmospheric disturbances in the Caribbean Sea and the probability of cyclonic formations, which have caused intense and continuous rains in the region, which in turn has triggered landslides, mass movements , overflows of tributaries, damage to tertiary roads and damage to aqueducts in rural areas of the municipalities of Manaure, La Paz, La Jagua de Ibirico, Agustín Codazzi and El Paso.

“From the Cesar Risk Management and Climate Change Office, we have been working with teams articulated with the municipal Risk Management offices, the local mayor’s offices and the yellow machinery bank, to attend to emergencies and unblock the tertiary roads, to allow the circulation of communities with their products,” said Yossama Gutiérrez, head of the Departmental Office for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change.

During the weekend, work was carried out in the municipalities of Manaure and La Jagua de Ibirico, helping to enable tertiary roads with equipment from the department’s machinery bank. Drinking water has also been supplied through tank cars in the municipalities of Manaure, San Diego and La Paz, where due to the turbidity of the supply sources, the continuity of service to homes has had to be suspended.

“As a departmental government, all municipal coordinators have been informed through the internal alert system for the activation of protocols, contingency plans, recommendations and follow-up actions based on prevention,” noted Gutiérrez.

The Departmental Risk Management Office is also preparing to deliver humanitarian aid to families in Manaure and Becerril, who were affected by the floods.

Likewise, they begin interventions in other parts of the department, responding to requests from communities located in rural areas, to mitigate emergencies and avoid crop losses.

The community located in the vicinity of the Serranía del Perijá and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta was recommended to remain alert to possible risk scenarios such as mass movements, floods or sudden floods.

“This is a short-scale temporary phenomenon, although the country is in the rainy season, which could extend until December due to the influence of these climatic phenomena, the entry of the El Niño phenomenon is already predicted and they could begin to decrease. the rains, so the Government of Cesar has been prepared to address any of these scenarios,” said the head of the Departmental Office for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change, Yossama Gutiérrez.

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