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Bogotá.- At least 1,300 families in the Colombian department of Arauca, on the Venezuelan border, were affected by the intense rains that hit the area, especially in the last hours , reported official sources today.
The people most affected were people near the river Arauca who overflowed by flooding crops and cutting off regional roads . Photo: EFE.
According to Daniel Ortiz, of the National Disaster Risk Management Unit (UNGRD) of Arauca, " there are more than 1,300 affected families " only in Arauca, the departmental capital. 19659007] In statements to reporters, Ortiz added that in other municipalities there are also victims who are counted and that for the moment they have moved to makeshift shelters.
Ask the help of the departmental and national governments
Because of the winter wave, we are on the road because all the houses are totally flooded, "says Alberto Ortega, l & rsquo; One of the people affected Caracol News
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