A total of 7 homes affected and 9 families in vulnerable condition are located in the El Samán sector in the municipality of Achaguas in the state of Apure.
Citizen security commissions and the National Risk Management System carried out a visual inspection for Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis, detecting these families affected by the flooding of the Arauca River.
The report detailed the presence of 4 affected families in the Airport sector (8 adults, 2 boys, 2 girls, 1 pregnant woman and 1 person with a disability); 3 families in Las Islas (5 adults, 4 boys, 2 girls and 1 elderly adult) and 2 families in La Entrada (4 adults, 5 boys, 1 girl and 1 pregnant woman).
Given this risk assessment, security forces activated temporary shelter protocols to assist the affected population. As a result of these procedures, one family was relocated to an institutional shelter and three others were transferred to a community shelter set up at the Fuego Pentecostal Evangelical Church.
Civil Protection officials and workers from the Mayor's Office of the Rómulo Gallegos municipality maintain a deployment in the sectors most vulnerable to the river dynamics of the Arauca River.
Multidisciplinary teams are conducting simultaneous technical assessments and mitigation maneuvers in Puerto Infante and along the western axis (Las Piedras, Las Camasas, Bayón and La Rompía sectors), prioritizing the protection of urban and rural areas.
To carry out these works, heavy machinery is used for the reinforcement of containment dikes and the removal of obstructive sediments.
In sections that are difficult to access where machinery cannot enter, personnel carry out precise manual approaches.
