The heavy rainfall recorded in the last 24 hours in Venezuela has caused the collapse of several roads, while dozens of people partially or totally lost their homes, according to reports offered by the authorities on Wednesday.
The greatest damages have been suffered by the state of Lara (west), where the nine municipalities registered damages ranging from 43 fallen trees and interruptions in the electrical service to 66 families who lost their belongings or, in some cases, their entire home.
In this same region, over which numerous electric shocks have fallen, the rains have increased the course of rivers and streams, one of which dragged two young people yesterday. One was found dead, while he continues the search for the other person.
A chaos in the east of Caracas
The rainfall also caused damage in the Caracas municipalities of Chacao and Sucre, where cracks opened in two high-traffic roads, in which the passage of vehicles was subsequently suspended, while the disaster response teams try to correct the damage and drain the levels. of water.
In the Venezuelan capital there have been three consecutive days of rain, for several hours, which have left highways and avenues with lagoons, as well as some flooded underground transport stations, which has generated congestion on the roads.
swollen rivers
In addition, rainfall has increased the flow of rivers in some communities of Trujillo (west) and Aragua (north), where regional authorities have also reported fallen trees and interruptions in public services, without specifying the number of people affected.
The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inameh) has forecast “heavy rains, some with electric shocks and gusts of wind” for the next few hours in the west of the country, including the states of Apure and Táchira.
The National Risk Management System has declared itself “on high alert”, without a national balance of damages being known until now, while dozens of photographs and videos circulate on social networks that show more flooded homes, cars under the water and lightning falling on various regions. EFE