Segob declares Morelia as a flood-prone emergency zone

By: Cristian Ruiz /@ crisruizr1

Morelia, Michoacán (MiMorelia.com) .- Through its official Facebook account, the city of Morelia announced that the Secretariat of the Federal Government (Segob) approved this evening the request for a declaration of disaster area a more than 12 colonies of the state capital hit by severe floods since last Monday.

This declaration was requested by both the Municipality of Morelia and the Government of the State of Michoacán. Once approved, the resources of the National Fund for Natural Disasters (Fonden) can be used and assigned to service the affected settlements.

According to the latest report published by the city of Morelia on the current flood situation, it was announced that work was already completed to lower the water levels in the colony. Agustín Arriaga Riverawhich resulted seriously affected and always this Tuesday had several assignments.

Similarly, the declaration of urgency involves the generation of actions of the three levels of government in order to find a way to support the victims and to ensure that the conditions necessary to return home once the cleaning work is complete. the affected areas.

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