25 YEARS OF A TRAGEDY
On the morning of January 13, 2001, El Salvador was shaken by a powerful earthquake that left more than 900 people dead and some five thousand injured. Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador was one…
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Disasters
Natural and man made disasters.
ERICK CAUSES DAMAGE IN EL SALVADOR
The torrential rains caused by Tropical Storm Erick caused damage in some parts of the country. Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador responded to assist people affected by the flooding. Comunidad El Granjero was affected…
COMMANDOS ON ALERT DUE TO TROPICAL STORM SARA
In view of the constant rains affecting the national territory, the executive directorate of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador has requested that its delegations nationwide call in personnel to remain on alert. The Protección…
RAINS WILL CONTINUE IN THE COMING HOURS
Comandos de Salvamento will maintain the alert at its bases nationwide, as authorities from the Ministry of the Environment and Protección Civil state that the rains will continue in the coming hours. Due to the…
DEAD AND EVACUATED PEOPLE LEFT BY RAINS IN THE COUNTRY
Evacuations continue. Early Monday morning, three more people lost their lives after the severe storms that have affected the country in recent days. The tragedy occurred in Tacuba, Ahuachapán, where Luis Ernesto Godínez Guzmán, 23;…
COMMANDOS EVACUATE FAMILIES DUE TO RAINS IN ACAJUTLA
Early this morning, members of Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador, the Naval Force, Policía Nacional Civil, and the Acajutla Metropolitan Agents Corps evacuated several families affected by flooding in Acajutla, Sonsonate. The incident occurred…
SHELTERS READY TO RECEIVE EVACUEES
One hundred shelters have been enabled nationwide by the Government of President Nayib Bukele, through the Dirección Nacional de Protección Civil, to receive families evacuated from vulnerable areas. Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador has…
COMANDOS DE SALVAMENTO ON ALERT DUE TO TROPICAL WAVE
The passage of a Tropical Wave that formed in the Atlantic Ocean is affecting a large part of the national territory, which is why authorities from Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador have alerted their…
COMMANDOS ALERTED BY SEISMIC SWARM IN THE WESTERN REGION
Volunteers from the Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador branches in the western region of the country remain on alert due to the seismic activity affecting the Department of Ahuachapán, which so far has left…
LANDSLIDE DAMAGES 6 HOMES IN CIUDAD DELGADO
Early this morning, 6 families nearly lost their lives when part of a street in Passage A of Colonia Saprisa in Ciudad Delgado collapsed onto the Northern Trunk Highway at kilometer five and a…
FIRE AT SAN MIGUELITO MARKET
Around ten in the morning, an alert was received about a fire at the San Miguelito Market facilities in San Salvador. Units from Comandos de Salvamento were the first to arrive at the scene to…
COMMANDOS ON ALERT DUE TO RAINS
Volunteers from Comandos de Salvamento have already been activated following the arrival of a tropical wave and a low-pressure system in the Bay of Campeche, which has activated the humidity causing the rains on Tuesday…
