Government Issues Orange Alert for Flood of Rivers and Warns Risk for 80 Municipalities
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The alert was activated by the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi), which warned about level rise with probable overflows in the basins of the Beni rivers (leader), Chapare and Caine.
Civil Defense issues hydrological warning until October 4. Although rainfall mitigates fires, the threat grows over the Beni, Chapare and Caine rivers. The Vice Minister of Civil Defense, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, activated on Wednesday the first warning of the rainy season, directed to 80 municipalities of La Paz, Cochabamba and Potosí, which are under water risk orange due to possible river overflows. The measure, in force until Saturday, Octob…
“This alert applies to 80 municipalities: in La Paz, 39; in Cochabamba, 37; and in Potosí, 4,” said Vice Minister Calvimontes.
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