Heavy downpour this followingnoon affected several sectors of Medellín and the Valle de Aburráaffecting mobility and transportation in full rush hour.
In Manrique and Santo Domingo the streets turned into rivers once more and the force of the wind felled a tree. In the sector Sinai of Santa Cruz the water entered the houses.
In scree, For its part, the rising of the nearby tributaries flooded the commercial sector of this neighborhood in the northwest of Medellín. The same thing also happened in the Florida Nueva shopping center. While in the Alfonso López neighborhood, a tree was knocked over a truck by the force of the storm.
And as it has become “tradition”, the depressed of the city were flooded once more. in the of the North Terminal, a bus was covered by the water and the passage was disabled. Fortunately, thanks to the intervention of the firefighters, the passengers and the driver were able to get out without inconvenience. Meanwhile in under the bridge of Mother Laura appeared “a waterfall” that prevented the passage of vehicles.
For its part, the Metro reported that due to weather conditions it had to suspend commercial service on the Metrocables of line P (Acevedo – El Progreso) and K (Acevedo – Santo Domingo); as well as lines H (Oriente – Villa Sierra), M (Miraflores – Trece de Noviembre) and J (San Javier – La Aurora). A few minutes ago its operation was restored throughout the circuit.
On the other hand, the Medellín-Bogotá highway at kilometer 1+500 in the Canteras de Colombia sector in Bello, It has reduced mobility due to flooding.
Also, the downpour also prevented the National Party – Pasto party start normally,
According to Siata, the very high intensity rains have led to a sudden increase in the alert level of the streams La Madera and La Loca. The rains are expected to persist with high intensity in the next half hour.
In the last 40 minutes they have registered 129 electric discharges mainly in Medellín (95) and Bello (32).