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Heavy rains collapsed main road between Caracas and northeastern Venezuela








The rains that have hit Venezuela in recent weeks, and maintaining emergency in nine states, led Saturday's collapse of the main road linking Caracas with the country's northeast as well as many encumbrances on roads in the Andean region (western).

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"There was the collapse of a trunk sewer in nine (...), the road linking the Anzoátegui State (northeast) to the capital and Miranda State (North). So far no flow and are evaluating alternative routes, "he told local media the regional director of Civil Protection, Evelys Spain. The head was anticipated that the road will be repaired within a period of approximately 72 hours if weather conditions permit, and said that while much diverted by secondary roads to drivers who travel to or from Caracas.

Authorities said the collapse occurred hours morning after several hours of rain on the region.
For his part, Minister of Interior and Justice, Tarek El Aissami, reported from the Andean region most affected by the rains of recent days that the government has already started relief work in areas that have been isolated by heavy rainfall.
"We have 24 communities that can not, by their own means to move to find food, medicines, water, collapsed because its roads, especially rural roads, so we have begun humanitarian aid," said El Aissami to the state television station VTV from Tachira state. The
Thursday, the Venezuelan government Táchira joined the list of regions in a state of emergency by the rains. This, after Tuesday extended by three months the emergency in eight states in the country that were already on alert since late 2010, when heavy rains left some 130,000 homeless.
weather services are predicting that the rains continue to affect this Saturday at Venezuela, especially across the northern tier, to the Andean region and much of the central zone.



Via: AFP