He Hurricane John left, only in the Port of Acapulco, 39,941 homes and 127,844 people affectedreported the national coordinator of Civil Protection, Laura Velázquez Alzúa.
In the morning conference of the Presidency, the official explained that this occurred in 19 neighborhoods and 18 rural towns, while in the state of Guerrero they have been identified 29 municipalities affected directly.
He assured that the actions to support the population began immediately to be able to protect the families and their lives by the Secretary of National Defensethe Secretary of the Navy and the state government.
You might be interested in: The rains shift risks to Oaxaca, Veracruz and Chiapas
“Basically, this hurricane left us with sustained winds of 195 kilometers, affecting approximately 15 thousand people on the Costa Chica. 12,054 pantries, 961,432 liters of water have been delivered, in the town of Cruz Grande, La Sedena has provided more than 15,000 hot rations“, indicated Velázquez Alzúa.
He commented that between Monday, September 23 to Friday, September 27 an accumulated rainfall of 1015 mm was recorded in Acapulco, which meant that in those days It rained 84.5% of what falls per year in Guerrero. In those four days, he continued, they focused on removing people who were in risk areas and evacuating the population.
“All, absolutely all, the public servants of the three levels of government did not dedicate themselves solely and exclusively to evacuating 10,107 people, Sedena, National Guard, Navy, Conagua, the government of Guerrero, Civil Protection, the municipality of Acapulco, Cruz Roja and volunteers, more than 985 people with 30 vehicles and with 40 boats we were able to evacuate more than 10 thousand people.
“There is a very important temporary shelter that we installed in Mundo Imperial, which is a convention center that is in Acapulco, very close to the area that was affected and where the Sedena has prepared and delivered more than 13,550 servings of hot food since last September 27 and all the services are very decent for the population,” said the national coordinator of Civil Protection.
Sheinbaum added that the Welfare Secretariat begins this Friday the visit house to house to lift the census of people affected, both in Guerrero and Oaxaca.
Based on this census, he continued, support will be given for the cleaning of homes of eight thousand pesos and once the effects are reviewed, the following support will be given to the population.
You might be interested in: Guerrero, still fighting to recover from John
He also reported that this morning the Navy is working to clear the drinking water pumping plants in Acapulco, although pipes have not stopped arriving in support of the population.
In addition, he said, machinery from Sedena and the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) is arriving to carry out a comprehensive cleaning of the Port of Acapulco.
Regarding the roads, the president commented that information will be provided as the closed sections are opened, since there were effects in the mountain and Sierra de Guerrero area that the state government is taking care of, but if necessary the federal government will intervene.
DG
Related
2024-10-07 16:50:41