Ecuador: Heavy rains, flooding in Orellana Province, landslides, road closures

ELCOMERCIO.COM reported that heavy rains in the province has caused flooding, landslides and road closures. Some evacuations have been required of residents from their homes. Only one lane of the Baeza-Tena road is currently open due to a landslide.

Heavy rains in the province of Orellana, recorded since Monday 19 September, caused landslides at km 6, 7, 9 and 13 of the track Coca- Dayuma, so reported this September 20, 2016 the ECU 911. In the cleaning work area of debris s by the Ministry of Transport of the province and the route is fully enabled they are made. In addition, staff of the Ministry of Transport toured the bridges and it was found that due to heavy rains and swollen rivers in the bridge Florida, Kilometer 5, there was a socavación so markers and ribbons placed hazard. Yesterday, Technical Secretariat for Risk Management (SGR) and Orellana Firefighters had to evacuate 18 people from Guadalupe Larriva Moretal and neighborhoods because of heavy rainfall. Officials of the Ministry of Economic and Social (MIES) Inclusion of Orellana harbored people in Paradise Amazónico Coliseum. Read Article

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