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Rains in Guatemala Leave 21 Dead and 668,000 People Homeless

  • Emergency Health Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance established an Institutional Red Alert on Sunday. Jun. 19, 2022.

    Emergency Health Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance established an Institutional Red Alert on Sunday. Jun. 19, 2022. | Photo: @stormpulse

Published 19 June 2022
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The Ministry of Health declared an institutional red alert in the hospital network due to the increase of rains.

This Sunday, Guatemala's National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred), in its most recent report on the rainy season, reported that as of this Saturday, 668,210 people have been affected and 21 have died since the beginning of the season last April.

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According to Report No.112 of the Rainy Season 2022, so far 12 incidents associated with rains have been reported nationwide during the last 24 hours, with the largest accumulations of water on the coast of the department of Jutiapa, department of Guatemala and Puerto San José, in the department of Escuintla.

According to Conred, there have also been reports of strong winds, floods, structural collapses, and landslides, which, according to the meteorological authority, were attended by the institutions that make up the Conred System.

The government entity reports that the incidents of the last 24 hours affected 28,160 people in 15 municipalities of 7 departments of the Central American country.

With respect to the general statistics accumulated in the 2022 rainy season, these report: 1,564 people at risk; 668,210 affected; 3,553 evacuated; 309 sheltered; 3 missing; and 21 people dead.

In addition, damage to homes and public infrastructure is reported: 304 homes with slight damage, 1,055 homes with moderate damage, 489 at risk, while in infrastructure 495 incidents are reported, including 8 bridges affected and 9 destroyed, 113 roads affected, 4 destroyed and 121 schools affected, among others.

ZACAPA. Members of the Municipal Coordinator for Disaster Reduction -COMRED- and COCODE coordinate the vehicle restriction on the highway section due to the landslide registered in the El Centro village, Tasharte village, La Unión, Zacapa.

The executive director of Conred, Geovanni Pérez, explained that according to the analysis generated by its specialists on tropical storm Celia, there are 90 municipalities around the national territory with a very high probability of rainfall, therefore these territories will be put on red alert.

Meanwhile, the Emergency Health Operations Center of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance established an Institutional Red Alert in the health services network due to the increase of rainfall in Guatemala.

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