Winter emergency declared in Cucuta Colombia

Posted on February 11, 2013 • Filed under: Colombia, Enviromental Issues, TRAVEL

Caracol.co reported that four houses collapsed, destroying roads and sewer systems damage left by recent rains that occurred in the capital of Norte de Santander. The emergency occurred in different neighborhoods, initially in the area of ​​Las Chiveras, where heavy rain swept the path to the area, destroyed a channel rainwater and sewage collector, affecting the water supply system collapsing zone and two homes and leaving a large number of homes at risk.

While in the neighborhood Bellavista Sevilla and two more houses collapsed. Families are being relocated in the middle of the contingency plan that triggered the authorities in about ten sectors of Cucuta, located north and west of the city, where the risk is latent in areas such as Juan Atalaya by slippage and removal land can be registered. Read Article

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