2024-01-04 12:30:39
On Wednesday, intense rains were recorded throughout the Alto Valle Oeste region, In Catriel this generated a great flood in the flow of the Colorado River. The sharp increase in water collapsed two medium-voltage electricity columns, leaving the city without electricity. From Edersa they reported that Today work continues to restore service.
After the intense rains that arrived yesterday in the Upper West Valley, Catriel continues to suffer the consequences. This Wednesday followingnoon, the storm generated a significant flood in the Colorado River that ended up collapsing two medium voltage electrical energy columns.
According to the distribution company Edersa, Catriel suffered a failure in the 33 Kv trunk line during Wednesday followingnoon. It was following 7 p.m., since that moment the city has suffered a general service outage. «After touring the facilities, the Edersa crews confirmed that The problem occurred on the other side of the river, in the Pampas areawhich is completely flooded,” they described.
From Edersa they highlighted that the high complexity in the context to carry out the replacement of the energy service, “The operational teams determine the measures and means to access the landwhich is completely flooded and impossible to enter for heavy machinery,” the company detailed.
Today, Thursday, at 5:30 they resumed the operation to restore service in Catriel. «They crossed the Colorado River and are trying to make ground in the area where the medium voltage columns collapsed yesterday. The structures are still under water and it has been impossible until now to work in those conditions, since the machines and vehicles get bogged down,” the company explained.
In addition, they reported that they are carrying out work with drones to obtain greater certainty regarding the situation. The municipality of Catriel and 25 de Mayo sent teams to support Edersa’s work. However, “the situation has worsened because yesterday’s intense storm changed the course of the river, generated a huge channel and, when it was under water, two 33 kV columns collapsed,” they stated.
The company explained that the operations “with water up to their waists, reached the first fallen column, but it is not possible to do so with any vehicle, much less with heavy machinery to begin repairs. The second column in the water is located regarding 600 meters further back, impossible to access.
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