At least 12 homes flooded and flooded to varying degrees left the new frontal system that affected the region and San Nicolás on recent Sunday, information collected by the social and emergency team of the Municipality of San Nicolás, damages mainly concentrated in the sector of Bajo El Ala, an area adjacent to the Ñuble River but whose contingency was due to the overflow of a canal that borders the eastern housing area of the place.
“The municipal team has been deployed throughout the commune since this Sunday where we have paid special attention to the situation in the Bajo El Ala sector, with rainwater concentrated in a SAG property that borders the homes in the area, where the Municipal officials have been helping to contain the waters but unfortunately we have had houses flooded,” said the mayor of San Nicolás, Víctor Hugo Rice from the same affected place on recent Sunday, also complementing that the municipality requested authorization from the SAG to be able to enter. to the ground and do more containment work with municipal machinery.
During Sunday afternoon, a landslide was also recorded entering the commune through the El Ala Bridge, a situation in which the municipality and firefighters applied precautionary measures for the vehicles traveling on the route and notified the global company to clear it. route.
This morning, the Municipal Emergency Manager, Cristian Sanhueza, confirmed the families and people damaged by the intense rains, as well as the impact in other sectors of the commune.
“We had flooding of roads and yards of homes in the rural sector. We had 12 houses with flooding in the Bajo El Ala sector, with 35 people in total affected, we also had the collapse of rainwater collectors in the urban sector of San Nicolás, which were treated by municipal emergency personnel. In addition, we had a significant increase in the flow of rivers and canals, which meant flooding in farmers’ land in the rural sector,” commented Sanhueza, anticipating that more sectors of the commune will still be reviewed to review possible new effects.
In the same way, the normal operation of the main routes and roads of the commune was guaranteed, as well as the basic services of electricity and water in the urban sector and APR in the fields.
During this Monday the municipal team will prepare the ALFA report to request state support, as well as the application of the FIBE and delivery of first social aid both with municipal resources as well as contributions from SENAPRED.
