30 COMANDOS SECCIONALS ON ALERT FOR STORM PILAR

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The Executive Director of Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador, Roberto Cruz, stated that he has issued orders for those in charge of the institution’s 30 seccionales to keep volunteer personnel at their headquarters in response to the emergency declared by the Government authorities of President Nayib Bukele.

Since Sunday night, the Red Alert was raised nationwide amid the threat of rains that Tropical Storm Pilar could generate. The storm remains off the Pacific coast and could strengthen in the coming hours.

The rain that affected the Eastern zone on Sunday afternoon has left the first incidents. In Anamorós, La Unión, two people were swept away by the current of the Río Grande.

One of the victims is a minor who was rescued, while the woman is still being sought.

A group of players came close to dying after being swept away by the waters of the Río Chiquito, in Lislique, La Unión, when the truck they were traveling in attempted to cross the rising waters. All of its occupants managed to reach safety, while the vehicle was swept away by the force of the water.

As a result, Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador are maintaining an alert at their seccionales to act immediately in response to any emergency that may arise due to the arrival of rains from Tropical Storm Pilar.

Roberto Cruz, Executive Director of Comandos de Salvamento of El Salvador, stated that the Government, through the Protección Civil Directorate, has already enabled shelters to receive people who may be evacuated from vulnerable areas in the coming hours.