After a tour carried out this Sunday morning by the authorities of the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalinait was found that the step of the tropical storm Juliawhich became a category 1 hurricane around 6 p.m. on Saturday, causing more damage to San Andrés. (“The damages in San Andrés due to Hurricane Julia were slight”: Ungr)
The Secretary of Government of the archipelago, Kayan Howardpointed out that the panorama at this time is of fallen trees -mainly jobo (Hog plum), a species native to the island.
In addition, they saw several homes without roofs and one destroyed by collapse.
“There is no figure, but there is also knowledge of several houses with trees on top, they are waiting for the trees to be moved to take stock of the damage and find out if the damage is partial or total,” Howard said.
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The official indicated that the route was made on San Luis Avenue and Circunvalar Avenue. They also entered the La Loma sector.
“I could say that the most affected area is the San Luis sector, we also saw more damage in Morris Landing and the Cabañas de Alta Mar, in District 4. In places where there are floods The motor pumps are ready to start removing the water,” the secretary assured.
For her part, the Regional Attorney (e) of San Andrés, Sara Esther Peschtalt, toured the island with her work team and indicated that about 150 houses have registered damage to their structures and another five that would have been destroyed.
It is expected that in the afternoon the guide for the Assessment of Damage and Analysis of Health Needs (EDAN), may have consolidated figures after the balances of the authorities.
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Alerts at the national level were turned on after the announcement that Julia had hit the island of San Andrés and Providencia as a category one hurricane. However, reports from Colombian authorities reported on the morning of this October 9 that the effects after the passage of the climatic phenomenon had been slight.
“The damage in San Andrés due to Hurricane Julia was slight. The UNGRD consolidated at the time: 2 people injured, 2 houses destroyed and 101 damaged, tree fall. The alert warning condition is maintained while the influence ends,” said Javier Pava Sanchez, general director of the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, in a report delivered at 7:00 a.m.
In addition, Ideam warned that the warning and monitoring level of the situation would be maintained in the archipelago despite the fact that the center of the hurricane was currently at a distance of 304 kilometers from Providencia Island and 250 km from San Andrés.
This same institution affirmed that, with regard to Colombian territory, Julia would no longer be a hurricane, but a tropical storm. “The National Hurricane Center, together with IDEAM, have agreed to name the system a tropical storm for the archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, which means that it could be influenced by gusts of wind of 64 km/h or more “, said the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies in an official statement.
(Hurricane Julia hits Nicaragua after hitting San Andrés)
Similarly, President Gustavo Petro spoke about the damage caused by the hurricane and stated that As soon as air operations to and from the island were reestablished, aid would be sent to the affected people.
“The passage of the hurricane through San Andrés left slight damage. Two injured, two houses destroyed, 101 damaged. Its passage through Providencia was milder. As soon as air operations are restored, the aid will arrive,” said the president through his twitter .
Authorities confirm that the sky is cloudy and it has rained a couple of times. But so far, authorities have been able to work normally on the tours and care for those affected.
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