2024-01-22 13:52:47
The intense rains that occur in the high areas of the region are causing the activation of streams, which so far has left two dead, one in the province of La Unión and another in Caravelí.
In the Quicacha River, in Caravelí, the sudden rise in its flow caused the operator of a heavy machinery to die, when the current dragged the heavy machinery, which ended up overturning.
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So far, the Arequipa Regional Emergency Operations Center reported the death of two people: the motorcyclist and the heavy machinery operator, Israel Toma, 24 years old. The latter was working on clearing the Quicacha River, in Caravelí, when due to the activation of a stream, the flow increased and carried away the machinery in its path, the worker might not escape from the cabin in time.
The operations center has also recorded several incidents in other high areas of Arequipa, due to heavy rainfall.
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Nelson Toma Mamani, 24 years old, would be from the Moquegua region and during the disaster he would have been driving machinery of the Regional Government of Arequipa (GRA).
With the support of the Police and GRA workers, the body was recovered, which was buried by the flow of mud and stones.
In the province of Condesuyos, the second death was recorded, when Tito Alexi Taya Zúñiga, 27 years old, father of two children aged 7 and 3 years, on board his motorcycle tried to cross the Blanco River of the Condorenje stream, which had been activated by the rains that occur in the town.
But the unit and its driver were swept away by the strong current of water and stones.
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The body was found several kilometers further down, his relatives indicated that he was heading to his work center in Arihuana.
The overflow of the Ocoña River is causing damage to families. During the night of Saturday it was reported that the tributary increased its flow, weakening the riverside defenses, which caused the El Alto water channel to overflow, flooding the streets of Progreso, part of Pierola. , January 2 and others from Cercado.
Neighbors in the area are waiting for the support of local authorities to drain the water. Furthermore, they fear that this will be repeated, because the rains continue in the high parts of Arequipa.
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The Ocoña Users Board warned that the flooding of the river affected more than 200 areas of rice and there are 600 hectares of this product that are in danger of disappearing.
The president of the User Board, Víctor Ancco, is asking the authorities to declare an emergency in the area.
It was learned that the rise of the river also puts the danger agricultural lands of localities such as San Juan de Chorunga, Alto Molino Iquipi, Urasqui district, and the annexes of Jayhuiche, Panarcana, La Tranca, Hurangal, Huaytay, and others.
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