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Rains leave already hit 124 thousand; emergency overflow of rivers Magdalena and Cauca

I am going bonkers with stress for my family as water has now entered in the house, but my wife with her loco attitude laughs at me of all people with my worries...Happily she is very determined and responsible, so this gives me SOME comfort. As soon as I get some pics, I will post. In 2008 we refurbished the house including the roof with only the wiring to go, but here we go again...time to move to higher elevation and where the earthquakes are infrequent (I hope). Excuse my translation here...

Five killed in Caldas and 2,500 families affected in Risaralda

Yesterday afternoon in 8 districts of La Virginia (Risaralda) were completely flooded, and it was feared that the water move more. In Manizales a landslide plugs an important avenue. Quindio calm.

A 2,500 is the number of families affected by the overflowing of the river Cauca, because of winter in Risaralda.

"The number of affected could rise because many people in autoalbergues," said Javier Contreras, executive director of the Red Cross sectional Risaralda.

According Edgar Navarro, manager of the Hospital St. Peter and St. Paul de La Virginia, "by how little bearing the emergency have not yet submitted epidemiological problems."

However, were reported cases of diarrhea and respiratory problems and skin. Since Saturday have been moved 110 people from various shelters, who also have been discovered diseases they had before, such as migraines and depressive crisis.

At the hospital are available four nursing aides, a nurse and a doctor additional. A total of 120 staff between managers and specialists.

"There are probably three people with tuberculosis, are awaiting the results," said John Fredy Diaz, coordinator of community participation and community in the Town Hall of La Virginia in the hostel of the Municipal Coliseum, which housed 450 homeless.

In the afternoon yesterday, the water was just 5 meters away from the door, so it was feared that further rains could cause flooding her.

Altogether in Virginia between 1,500 and 2,500 families affected districts of 8. If you follow the growing del Cauca, those affected would be transferred to the Lyceum Gabriela Mistral.

Other affected in Risaralda

The addition of Virginia, the most affected municipalities in the department are Pereira, Marseilles, Sanctuary, Bethlehem Umbria and Balboa. In the case of Pereira the most serious situation prevailing in the administration of Caimalito, where 35 families were reported damaged.

In Marseilles 20 thousand pigs are without food, because the farm was caught between two landslides on the road Marseilles-Chinchiná.

According Fredy Red, the Red Cross delegate in Marseilles, "for nearly eight days presents a massive slow in EcoHotel Los Lagos at the entrance to town, there are no houses destroyed, but they evacuated the house of the owner and added. In an extreme case slippage could affect 35 people inhabiting nine houses at the bottom. "

In Dosquebradas, the authorities are planning a meeting to establish whether it is necessary to declare the yellow alert.

For this town 32 cross creeks, according to Oscar Andres Herrera, director of the Municipal Office for Attention to Disasters (Ompade), "all are inhabited in the banks, to relocate these people would be needed more than 7 billion pesos."

With regard to inland there are three steps restricted in the department, on the road to Choco, Apia-The Virginia and Apia-Viterbo, "with some 40 landslides around," according to Julio Cesar Arango, director of the National Institute of Roads, Winters, in Risaralda.

In Caldas and the dead were five

Five rose yesterday the death toll in Caldas because of winter. Manizales and La Dorada still on red alert.

Firefighters found the bodies of Manizales of Dora Maria Valencia Hernandez, 50, and Ernesto Hurtado, 52, two of the 16 passengers of a group that on Tuesday morning was pushed into an abyss of 80 meters by a landslide that fell on the Panamerican highway.

On the same day of the incident were rescued the bodies of two men, while thirteen people including the driver, were injured.

And firefighters Neira (Caldas) found the body of Jose Ferney Londono, 39, celador a substation of the Central Hydroelectric Caldas (Czech), which was dragged by a growing Guacaica River.

Manizales is incommunicado with Bogota and Medellìn. The roads leading to these cities were blocked by landslides in the area of Delgadito and Alto de Minas, respectively.

By late afternoon, a sliding tapó both carriageways Avenue Kevin Angel Mejia, Manizales, in front of Castile neighborhood. Firefighters reported that it is not known whether the avalanche undertook to people passing through.

Meanwhile there are restricted passage on Highway Coffee (road Manizales-Chinchiná).

The rails-The Philadelphia Felisa, Manizales-Neira, Neira-Aranzazu, Aranzazu-Salamis, The Cruise-San Jose and La Insular-El Trébol are taponadas by landslides. The super highway - Anserma step is restricted by falling banking and landslides.

The situation in La Dorada, by increasing the Magdalena River, remains complicated but the low river level. 450 families are affected. Yesterday they were shipped from Manizales, air, the first aid. A thousand pairs of shoes for children and a thousand markets, in addition to clothing, mattresses, blankets and coverlets were released.

In Quindio the situation is not critical

For the heavy rains that have fallen in the department of Quindio has submitted several landslides, where some slopes have been overwhelmed, Liliana villa in the neighborhood, two families were evicted by the concern of a new landslide, other affected districts are Pinares and Simón Bolívar.

In the town of Montenegro the picture is similar step that leads to national Quimbaya municipality is entitled to one lane for three landslides that have been filed over the weekend.

Gloria Gutierrez mayor of montenegro "is the theme of life of uncertainty I will sign the emergency step on the issue of national"

In rural areas of town the issue of roads is worrying because these are found in very poor condition.

The themes of tertiary roads in an issue of concern for the mayor of the municipality of Cordova Humberto Turriago, has submitted several landslides in rural roads as the voyage, the Spanish and loneliness affected more than 4000 peasants.

"it is very difficult to speak of a value, may need 20 or 30 million pesos for maintenance, movement of landslides, it is very difficult, because we have roads in very poor condition." Humberto Turriago Mayor of Cordoba.

By lampltr on May 29, 2008, 15:53 in Friendly Talkzone.

lampltr says on May 29, 2008, 16:50:

This shit is much worst than last year....
The most worrying situation in La Virginia, where until yesterday there were about 1,500 affected families to them that water reaches their waist, of which 500 have already been evacuated from their homes.

The worst thing is that trends are worsening because Ideam predicted more rains, so the level of the river Cauca tends to exceed 6 meters to 18 centimeters that recorded yesterday afternoon.

Since last weekend had evacuated some families, but the situation worsened to the average of last night yesterday, which saw an increase in the level of water that flooded many barrios.

The town is experiencing a real chaos, the red alert was declared and the streets are only belongings, with cars and people with boots trasteos Pantanal because many of the streets the water exceeds the edge of the sidewalks.

The Colosseum and colleges teaching, Santander, Alfonso Lopez Trujillo and Bernardo Arias are shelters where they are leading to the affected families.

Leandro Rivera Jaramillo, Director is the operational direction for the Prevention and Attention to Disasters, said that the situation in Virginia is very sensitive and indicated that until last Tuesday care of the evacuees food cost 2 million 500 thousand pesos daily and the town has only seven million dollars for disaster prevention and care, per year. In the town studying the declaration of public calamity.

Jaramillo Rivera further informed that Pereira there have been two smaller landslides in Pereira Station and the Upper Erazo.

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Gator says on May 29, 2008, 19:18:

This is NOT a laughing matter-it's damn serious and getting worse!!!!!!

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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lampltr says on May 31, 2008, 15:00:

Thanks Gator, but happily after Uribes promises of a possible dam (hmm), housing, food and the Rio going back down, some relief is in site. Not to mention electricity and gas restored. My wife last week had quickly purchased many non perishables and the link just in case. She is very good natured (Most of the time), intelligent, and looks at everything with a positive mindset, believe she was laughing to get me to calm down and maybe ease her own mind. Happily she has been keeping me well informed of everything every night and this has calmed me down.
I was laughing much as my wife described the security with La Virginia strangled in a noose with DAS, Military, and Police. I can only imagine the Narcos, and ParaM's all hiding. If homework had been completed before hand, this could have been a perfect opportunity and excuse for a good mop-up!!

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