:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/C7HYDIJ7ABEUHFSBEUWA2ET5XI.jpg "Chosica, Santa Eulalia and neighboring neighborhoods on the banks of the river are on high alert due to landslides and heavy rains")
After the fall of a mudslide last Friday in the area of San José de Palle Viejo (Santa Eulalia), the National Institute for Civil Protection (Indeci) warned that in the next few hours, the province of Huarochiri – to which Santa Eulalia belongs along with 31 other districts – would be affected by possible heavy rains (orange level), which can cause waterlogging and flooding.
Huaico in Santa Eulalia generated an alert among the neighbors: three streams were activated
The mayor informed that he was already working with heavy machinery to clear the roads interrupted by the landslides
This is an area adjacent to the banks of the Santa Eulalia River, in which the district of Callahuanca and the town of Barbablanca also appear as potentially affected.
The intense rains that are occurring in the area have activated the Cuculí and Lucumaseca streams and have affected roads, as well as the water and drainage service. Some people have even found themselves with their vehicle blocked; others risked their lives to cross the disaster area.
Faced with this scenario, Indeci recommended citizens to stay away and not cross flooded areas or rivers. “Faced with a possible flood, you have to gain altitude,” he said in his newsletter.
More than 1,200 homes threatened by possible landslides in Lima
MML disaster risk management manager Mario Casaretto warned that 16 Chosica streams could overflow at any time.
Likewise, he urged people to disconnect and move away from electrical appliances. Considering the risk of water entering the house, cut off the power supply.
The victims and the neighbors started to clean up on their own and the commune joined them with the help of heavy machinery. Rosa Vasquezregional governor of Lima, reported to succeeded more than 900 mudslide victims in their jurisdiction.
However, no damage to the life and health of people has been reported, according to the Sector Emergency Operations Center (LEG).
“What we are doing is mitigating the problem, solving it,” he said, warning that with the river rising in Saint Eulaliathe attention of the central government is urgently required to provide the necessary aid.
Senamhi warned that heavy rains will continue to fall in the basins of choice for the next two days and asked the population to take precautionary measures against possible mudslides.
“You have to be very careful because different streams pass along the middle and upper basins of Lima, heading south towards Cañete, they could activate because the Chosica basins are activated now, this situation has been going on for a few more hours.
The western slope area of Chosica is very active and very humid,” the institution’s meteorologist, Nelson Quispe, told Canal N.
Areas more than one thousand meters above sea level, such as Chosica, Chaclacayo, Lima Highlands and Junín, will be exposed to constant rainfall.
“We are in the middle of the rainy season. There are maximum peaks like today, this situation will repeat itself because the rains will still move until March, we still have a month of rain to go. Even much bigger events than these could lie ahead of us,” he said.
In addition, he called on regional and local authorities to review their emergency plans and early warning systems, as well as to order permanent monitoring of waterways in order to take preventive evacuation measures.