Skip to content
March 26, 2023
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Reddit
  • Telegram
  • TikTok
  • LinkedIn
  • Discord
Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond

Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond

From Venezuela and made by Venezuelan Chavistas

Primary Menu
  • News
  • Opinion
  • About us
    • About us
    • Who we are – Becoming a Volunteer
    • Editorial guidelines for contributors
    • Our Sources
      • Venezuelan Sources
      • International Sources
    • Contact us
  • Categories
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Security and Defense
    • International
      • Africa
      • Asia
      • Europe
      • Oceania
      • US/Canada
    • Latin America and ALBA-TCP
      • South America
      • Central America and the Caribbean (+Mexico)
    • Ideology-Commune-Labor
    • Health-Education-Sport-Culture-Technology
    • Solidarity and Social Movements
    • OT Specials
  • Support Us
Light/Dark Button
YouTube Channel
  • Home
  • News
  • Mérida State on Alert due to Heavy Rain, 13 Deaths Reported
  • News
  • Security and Defense

Mérida State on Alert due to Heavy Rain, 13 Deaths Reported

August 25, 2021

At least 13 deaths have been reported in Mérida state (western Venezuela) due to the heavy rains that have hit the state in recent days, and it is feared that the number of deaths may rise.

Local authorities have reported that 11 deaths have been confirmed in the municipality of Tovar and two more in Santa Cruz de Mora, where the victims were two children.

The mayor of Antonio Pinto Salinas municipality, Edgar Márquez, informed that the deceased minors were a 6-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy who died when their home collapsed.

RELATED CONTENT: Venezuela Advances in COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Plan

In the Tovar municipality, heavy rains have not only left people dead, injured and missing, but at least 50% of the streets of the town have been blocked.

Moreover, in the south of Mérida, at least two houses were totally destroyed, while another 15 were affected by the overflow of the Mocotíes River.

Que Dios todo poderoso proteja a nuestro Pueblo Merideño. Pido toda la unión de voluntades y solidaridad con las familias afectadas. Las autoridades de seguridad y prevención están desplegadas en los diversos municipios en emergencia. Juntos venceremos la adversidad!

— JEHYSON GUZMÁN (@JEHYSONGUZMAN) August 24, 2021

So far, the most affected area is the Mocotíes Valley, where several sectors have been cut off by large rocks and sediments that fell down in a landslide from the surrounding mountains.

Additionally, since the night of August 23, five municipalities have suffered power outages due to flooding of the Tovar electrical substation. The towns that have been affected by blackouts are Tovar, Antonio Pinto Salinas, Guaraque, Rivas Dávila and Zea.

The director of the National Electric Corporation (CORPOELEC) in Mérida, Ricardo Cadenas, informed that the Tovar electrical substation got flooded on Monday night, due to which electricity service was suspended.

@PC_MERIDA tras las emergencias ocurridas por lluvias a nivel del Valle de Mocoties, despliega comisión para dar respuestas oportunas y efectivas a toda la colectividad. #ProtecciónCivilSomosTodos#ServiryAyudar#SalaTécnicaDeInformaciónEstratégica pic.twitter.com/6CSceEaoP1

— PROTECCIÓN CIVIL MRD (@PC_MERIDA) August 24, 2021

The PSUV candidate for the governorship of Mérida, Jehyson Guzmán, informed that different security and prevention agencies have been deployed in the state to address the situation that has arisen due to heavy rains.

RELATED CONTENT: Second Flight with 30 Tons of Venezuelan Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Haiti

Guzmán indicated that the Peñoncito ravine overflowed in the municipality of Mérida, causing severe damages. The flood has also prevented Civil Protection teams from arriving to assess the damage.

Todo el equipo de los distintos organismos de seguridad y prevención de la @ZODIMerida22 en conjunto con CorpoMérida y las instituciones del Gobierno Bolivariano, nos encontramos desplegados atendiendo las diversas situaciones motivadas por las fuertes lluvias en la entidad. pic.twitter.com/yuSkLTBE7c

— JEHYSON GUZMÁN (@JEHYSONGUZMAN) August 24, 2021

Guzmán further informed that, as a result of the overflows, a municipal Civil Protection vehicle was swept away by water, causing injuries in some of the emergency personnel.

Five officials were injured, of them three are forest firefighters and two Civil Protection officials.

 

 

Featured image: Fallen debris block a street as a result of the heavy rains in Mérida. Photo: RedRadioVE

(RedRadioVE) by Ana Perdigón

Translation: Orinoco Tribune

OT/GMS/SC

Want More?

Don't want to be a victim of the Algorithm?

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER WITH ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VENEZUELA

We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info.

orinocotribune
Website | + posts
  • orinocotribune
    https://orinocotribune.com/author/orinocotribune/
    Venezuelan far-right politician and fugitive Leopoldo López speaking at the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of the zionist NGO UN Watch, in Geneva, March 22. Photo: Twitter/@LarryDevoe.
    March 25, 2023
    Leopoldo López, Representing NGOs, Attacks Venezuela in United Nations
  • orinocotribune
    https://orinocotribune.com/author/orinocotribune/
    Venezuelan Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos holds a press conference to provide details about the end of the infamous Venezuelan criminal Carlos Enrique Gómez Rodríguez, alias El Conejo, March 24, 2023. Photo: Venezolana de Televisión.
    March 25, 2023
    Venezuela's Most Wanted Gangster El Conejo Killed in Security Operation
  • orinocotribune
    https://orinocotribune.com/author/orinocotribune/
    Photo composition showing the place where Peruvian repressive forces shot unarmed protester Rosalino Flores (left) at point blank, and a photo of Flores (right). Photo: Diario La Republica.
    March 24, 2023
    Perú: Demonstrator Dies After Being Shot by Boluarte Dictatorship Police in January
  • orinocotribune
    https://orinocotribune.com/author/orinocotribune/
    Colombian President Gustavo Petro (left), escorted by Colombian Foreign Minister Álvaro Leyva, during the meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (right), escorted by Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, during their fourth meeting at the Aquiles Nazoa Cultural House in Caracas, Thursday, March 23, 2023. Photo: Presidential Press.
    March 24, 2023
    Presidents of Venezuela and Colombia Meet in Caracas, 4th Meeting in 7 Months
Tags: Corporación Eléctrica Nacional SA (CORPOELEC) flooding Heavy Rains Jehyson Guzman Merida Mocoties power outage Tovar Venezuela

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)

Continue Reading

Previous Previous post:

International Center for Decolonization Studies Denounces US Imposed Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela at Copenhagen Event

Next Next post:

Daniel Hale Wins 2021 Sam Adams Award

Subscribe to Our Weekly Newsletter

We keep your data private and share your data only with third parties that make this service possible. Read our Privacy Policy.

Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription.

NEWS: Most Viewed 72 Hours

Calendar

March 2023
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Feb    

Categories

OPINION: Most Viewed 72 hours

We are on Telegram


Receive our news directly in your cellphone or PC, join us on our TELEGRAM channel: https://t.me/OrinocoTribune1

 

Download TELEGRAM, click the link above and then press the JOIN button.

We are on Discord


Now we are also on Discord you will be able to follow our every move and interact with our team.

Join us by clicking here



All our work is free to use and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

We are on Reddit

If you are more into REDDIT, join our Orinoco Tribune Community.

 

Just click below and then click JOIN
https://www.reddit.com/r/OrinocoTribune/

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Reddit
  • Telegram
  • TikTok
  • LinkedIn
  • Discord
Copyleft, No rights reserved.

Support us, DONATE NOW!