About 2700 people were affected in the state Amazonas by the flood of the river Orinoco which also connects with Colombia, before rains are recorded in the south of Venezuela said Tuesday, July 31, EFE the director Civil Protection of this entity, Sidney Rodriguez.
"We mobilized shelters about 2,700 people who were affected by the Orinoco," said Rodriguez who added that they were reporting to central government authorities and that the Minister of the Interior, Néstor Reverol will go next Thursday to the state to remedy the situation that has flooded several avenues of 4 municipalities.
Rodriguez said that they continue to organize shelters to move more people because the rains did not stop.
Puerto Ayacucho and Atabapo are the most Affected
The former governor of Amazonas, Liborio Guarulla, said in his Twitter account that this flood is "the highest of the last century" and has criticized the "indifference" of the central government in this situation. – also affected by the flooding of this river – declared an emergency in the departments of Vichada and Guainia, in the Amazon before the floods (…) has not moved a Hercules (plane) with of food and materials as they do in elections or to help Cuba, when a breeze passes, "he said.
According to Guarulla, the natives of Amazonas" had to resort to Colombia who has triggered an emergency plan to help flooded populations. "
] The Lawyer of the Observatory of Indigenous Rights Kape-Kape Olnar Ortiz, denounced on his Twitter that the ruling governor of the entity, Miguel Rodríguez , refuses to "sign a decree of the emergence, missing 8 cm to overcome the crescent of 1976. the municipality Atabapo disappears almost under water and without humanitarian aid. "
The entire populations are under water by the flow of the Orinoco
He added that the passage of Port Páez and El Burro Cerrado, have left the Amazon out of communication , in addition to criticizing the lack of government response.
In the entity, more than 20 shelters were installed, in Puerto Ayacucho, capital of the region, and in the municipality of Atabapo. until now are the most affected by the deluge of the river.
They hope that the emergency situation by the floods is declared
