Alerted by the floods of the Orinoco and Caroni

Elita Barroso Torres .- The rains, between this Tuesday and Wednesday in the state of Bolívar, increased the flow of the Orinoco and Caroní rivers, which generated that 39 Guayana region declared in yellow alert

Bolívar civil protection reported that the Caroni River rose 11.18 meters above sea level that they believe to be a historic flood.

It was necessary to evacuate nine Guyanese families who live in the parish of Cachamay (Ciudad Guayana), and who were in an area at risk of flooding, being moved into a partial shelter.

Tito Oviedo, Mayor of Caroní, said that they are monitoring the Castillito Band, the Cachamay Parish of Puerto Ordaz, Dalla Costa, and Chirica on April 11, in San Felix.
The state of Bolívar was affected by the passage of the tropical wave 15.

Threat of flooding the rivers Car Oní and Orinoco are in extension and severity, due to the increase of its flows.

According to the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, in Amazonas and Bolívar, "cloudy intervals with rainfall and thunderstorms, especially southeast of Amazon." Given the situation, the team of the Civil Protection and Risk Committee Caroní remains vigilant, with equipment to protect the population.