EL SALVADOR ON RED ALERT DUE TO RAINS, COMANDOS CARRIES OUT EVACUATIONS

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Children are taken to safe shelters.

The authorities of the Directorate General of Protección Civil and Disaster Mitigation have raised the alert to red due to the amount of rain that has affected the national territory and has already left people in several shelters.

The Board of Directors and Executive Directorate of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador have asked their 30 branches to comply with the red alert status decreed today, since there is an imminent danger due to the accumulation of rain in vulnerable areas, where preventive evacuations have already begun to avoid tragedies involving loss of human life.

From the earliest moments, the authorities of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador4 asked their personnel to provide volunteer services at their facilities and prepare what is necessary in the event of disasters.

The Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador of Nejapa, together with the technical team of Protección Civil, proceeded to assess the homes in Colonia Las Américas, where two family groups were evacuated and 3 adults and 6 minors were taken to the designated shelter.

Another affected area in Nejapa is Comunidad El Cedral 1, where two older adults were removed because their homes pose a danger due to deterioration. One of those affected was identified as José Natividad Flores, 87, and Teresa Lidia Sánchez de Flores, 75; they were sheltered at the Nave Escuela facilities, where around 20 people have already been housed under the care of Municipal Protección Civil.

Comandos de Salvamento de Zacatecoluca intervened in the preventive evacuation of several families in Comunidad Agua Zarca, Hacienda Vieja, in the Los Marranitos sector, which encompasses 17 communities and has been affected by the rising streams in the area.

In the Conchalío sector, in El Puerto de La Libertad, 63 people have been placed in shelters that have been made available, preventing any tragedy.

All the families have already been taken to safe places by Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, Protección Civil, the Army, and Policía Nacional Civil.

At kilometer 9 of the Carretera a Los Planes de Renderos, a tree fell on a vehicle as it was traveling toward the tourist area. Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador responded to the scene of the incident, determining that the young driver had lost his life, while a young woman who was accompanying him was unharmed.