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signatures of two hours affects families of La Ceja

Two hours of heavy rain over the highlands of eastern Antioquia put back in check community several months suffers by strong rains. In Ceja rainfall exceeded 60 mm Local authorities call this emergency as an historical event ever recorded in the municipality.

The downpour on the night of Tuesday, May 24 left several families in the neighborhood Villa Lorca affected. Some were evacuated by flooding that occurred within their homes. In the immediacy of the emergency, people inhabiting this area spent their night in hotels. Downs

traversing the urban area overflowed, including Quebrada La Pereira, whose flow went to dozens of houses in this sector. Fortunately only recorded damage to equipment. A e sta hour Local Emergency Committee looks into the number of patients and victims who left the rain fell last night, but Gómez Bernardo as Secretary of Planning of La Ceja, the figure exceeds 300.

Mayor ordered immediate attention to these people s food, blankets, co lchones, drugs, the Administration also expressed solidarity Rionegro o p aid delivery to the community slackening.

Villa Lorca families got up early to remove the mud that the water of the stream Pereira left their homes, increasing the stream caused the col Apso sinks, closing some roads and flooding. Several families reported loss of their belongings.