COMANDOS CONDUCTS EVACUATIONS DUE TO SARA

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Responders from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador conducted several preventive evacuations today due to rising river and ravine water levels, especially in the coastal area, where rains caused by Tropical Storm Sara have been constant.

Roberto Cruz, executive director of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, stated that ever since the emergency was declared due to the arrival of Tropical Storm Sara, he asked his delegates to keep the volunteer personnel on alert.

Comandos de Salvamento de Sonsonate, Zacatecoluca, Berlín, Alegría, Jucuapa, Chinameca, Zacatecoluca, and Ciudad Arce have had most of the workload due to rivers overflowing.

In the Los Marranitos sector, in San Luis La Herradura, volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador accompanied the Minister of National Defense, René Merino Monroy, who arrived in the areas affected by Tropical Storm Sara, in the Los Marranitos sector, where the population was asked to evacuate.

Sixty-three people have been removed from areas that pose a danger to human life and have therefore been taken to safe locations established by Protección Civil authorities together with municipal governments.

Comandos de Salvamento de Sonsonate removed people who are being affected by the rain in Comunidad El Astillero, in Acajutla. They were taken to safe sites or to a family that could shelter them.

Caserío Las Delicias, Cantón Metalío, where people affected by the floods are being removed.

As of these late-night hours, responders and rescuers from Comandos de Salvamento continue emergency operations in vulnerable areas that pose risks to the population.