El Salvador: Nine dead and eight rivers overflowed in the Julia Corridor

According to the first information, five soldiers and four civilians were killed, and another officer was taken to a care center with multiple fractures. For its part, the armed forces will announce in the next few hours the identities of the dead and injured.

Deputy Interior Minister, Raul Juarez, reported at a press conference on Monday that in the case of the Roads Conservation Fund (Fovial), 77 emergencies were encountered, 22 landslides, 4 canyons and 6 floods.

In the same vein, Juarez added that so far 113 trees fell, 31 houses damaged, 81 damaged roads, 22 landslides, 29 floods, nine cars damaged and one injured, and he stressed that the total number of deaths is not yet confirmed.

“The topic of the armed forces in Comasagua, they are in search and rescue. We cannot give details of the names at the moment. It will be the armed forces that give the names of the forces. A plan will be implemented to replace the road infrastructure, and the goal of the Fovial crews is to reconnect the road as soon as possible Juarez said.

Similarly, Eduardo Guardado, 39, was rescued after being buried in his home after a wall collapsed on it, in the San Ignacio apartment complex, on Albert Einstein Street in the municipality of Antigo Cuscatlan (La Libertad).

The passage of Storm Julia through El Salvador also claimed the lives of two people who died buried in Morazan province, after a wall collapsed in their home located in Barrio El Centro, Guatemala.

On the highway to Armenia, Jose Ramirez, 30, died while riding a motorbike and was swept away by a stream of water in a ditch 39 kilometers from the highway to Sonsonat. The accident occurred in the jurisdiction of the municipality of Armenia.

Earlier on Monday morning, a 74-year-old man, Adrián Chilolo, died when a large tree fell on his house, in the village of Los Rivas in Agua Caliente province, in Caloco, Sonsonat.

As of 8 a.m. Monday, the Interior Ministry had reported eight rivers flooding, with La Union and San Miguel hardest hit provinces.

According to information provided by Deputy Interior Minister Raul Juarez Sestoni, five floods have been reported in La Union, including one affecting the Bafana canton in San Alejo, where “dozens of families” were forced to leave their homes, he said. She said on the first Monday of the press writing time of the Presidency of the Republic. In addition, in that place, the tree was “split in two” and the inhabitants were left isolated from the outside world.

The primary balance also indicates that three surpluses were recorded in the province of San Miguel, namely in the canton of El Jicaro in Lolotec; As well as in the province of Güiscoyol and in Moncagua.

The National Civil Police (PNC) reports that traffic over the Rio Grande de San Miguel bridge is closed due to an increased flow. Similarly, on the San Pedro de Guazapa bridge, the vehicular lane to San José Guayabal was closed by the authorities, due to the flooding of the Guaza River.

The road to Panchmalko was also damaged after 12 hours of continuous rain. In San Miguel, many homes in the Jardin del Rio neighborhood were submerged due to the flooding of the Rio Grande. Residents confirmed that the river began to leave its bed at about two o’clock in the morning, and that the water completely covered at least 10 houses.

In addition, other homes were reported to be flooded in the Prados de San Miguel neighborhood. Migolinos confirmed that they did not arrive until seven o’clock on Monday morning to evacuate from the Civil Protection.

Similarly, in Cabañas province, the river’s current tore the Titihuapa Bridge, which connects the municipality of San Ildefonso to Ciudad Dolores, according to Cruz Verde. There is also flooding of rain in the streets of Santa Ana and the flooding of the El Sauce River in La Unión.

In addition, a landslide occurred on the Pan-American Highway in Ciudad El Triunfo, Usulutan, another at km 33, Cojutepeque State, Cabañas, and another at km 28 of the highway to Boquerón, Quezaltepeque, La Libertad.

The Independent Executive Ports Commission for its part reported that operations at the berths of the port of Akagutla have been halted due to the strong waves and strong winds generated by Julia.

The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) reports that Tropical Storm Julia has been downgraded to a tropical depression, with its epicenter southeast of Guatemala. But he explained that rain, rain and storms with large accumulations will continue until next Monday.