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Faced with a natural disaster, the authorities confirm the death of a minor, who had been trapped under the rubble before the fall of a wall. There are 19 others injured, 20 vehicles destroyed, two schools with structural failures and thousands of homes affected is the balance of heavy rains and the sudden increase of streams Animas Animas and Curiteña to San Gil [19659002] When heavy rain hits intensity in Barrancabermeja more than 206 km, began to feel the embrace of the shower that unexpectedly increased the bed of the stream Las Animas and La Curiteña, in the municipality from San Gil. The force of the waters was not maintained and began to make disasters in its dark journey through the entire urban area, its streets looking like a river that the same road could not contain, causing everything in its path. clueless families, since they did not take into account what their eyes observed, after 8 pm they were already national news. In the middle of the capsize in the sports center of San Martín district, when the children were in training, the storm broke, that is why a lot of people were waiting in the area, most of the children were waiting for the sky to calm down . a little, they thought that the sporting scene was the safest and that was not the case.
Then it was suddenly that a wall fell on them, the anxiety of being able to get out most children, as their age ranged between 5 and 11 years, was when they tried to get one of them, who was under the rubble.
Fuerza San Gil
It was known that more than 20 wounded people are in the hospital. Regional and Santa Cruz Clinic. A boy of only 8, identified as Johan Snneider Corzo, lost his life when he was trapped under a wall.
The minor was with twelve other children in the sports center of San Martín district, when a wall of 40 meters fell on them, seriously leaving the child who was transferred to the regional hospital, but arrived without vital signs.
The emergency has left material losses and human damages throughout the municipality. The most affected area was the area known as Paseo del Mango, which, because of the rains, caused an avalanche of land on the municipal and secondary road of the municipality. It has also spilled over Curiteña Creek, which, due to the force of nature, has collapsed several houses in the human settlement of Ragonessi.
With the emergence, the networks began to invade the videos captured by the population that did not leave their astonishment, because this clbad of phenomena did not occur in this municipality .
According to the first report of Ramón Ramírez, Santander's Director of Risk Management, there are collapsed culverts, fallen walls, wounded people and stricken roads
"Heavy rains have destroyed the sewers, which caused the death of minors. "
According to the first report of San Gil Mayor, Ariel Fernando Rojas Rodríguez, the effects on the structure of Colegio la Presentación and the school Rafael Pombo were confirmed. Similarly, in the first race, the sewers collapsed.
Rojas Rodríguez, badured that an evacuation message was sent to families residing in the vicinity of Curití stream, since the rains are recorded Thursday night.
The president added that 10 people, two minors and 8 adults were treated at San Gil hospital, but his health does not raise major problems.
Emergency agencies attended several families. who were hit in the Paseo del Mango neighborhood, where water has entered several homes. Similarly, in the area of Las Animas, an overflow resulted in several vehicles
Damage on the tracks
As if that was not enough, after the heavy rains, the road between San Gil and Bucaramanga was blocked by the overflow of three streams and its opening would be quite serious until this Saturday because there are sections that have waste like rocks or are limited to a single lane. In addition, 15 cars were dragged by the current. Added to this, the road that connects San Gil to Cabrera and Barichara was also affected by the rains.
Report public calamity
"The crescent of a stream in the Los Mangos area was the one that complicated the whole situation, it lasted four hours blocked the national highway and 20 vehicles were trapped, but we have no report on the missing, "said Ariel Rojas, mayor of San Gil.
It was learned that in the last hours the national director of risk management and the governor of Santander were going to the municipality. Due to rains in recent days, which have caused damage throughout the city of Santander, the team is on red alert, according to the weather badysis.
The wounded are being cared for in health centers in San Gil and other nearby Santanderian municipalities, while the mayor's office has suspended clbades for this Friday. 500 people have been evacuated and so far, 52 houses have collapsed and 200 others have been flooded, but this figure could increase, so the municipal government declared public calamity.
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