According to the Regional Institute for Risk Management and Climate Change (Idiger), heavy rain began at around four or nine o’clock this Friday afternoon. towns in BogotaIt caused hail in some areas.
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The first towns affected were Suba, Engativá, Kennedy, Teusaquillo, Los Mártires, Barrios Unidos, Bosa, Puente Aranda and Fontibón.
However, around 5:30 p.m., officials reported that the rain had stopped in Kennedy, Los Mártires, and Bosa, while it had started in Usaquén.
Idiger recommends the following to citizens for such climates: Always carry items such as umbrellas, coats, raincoats and boots with you.if they are traveling on foot or by public transport.
(You can read: The ‘top’ of the most flooded roads in Bogotá: causes and possible solutions).
Likewise, the Ministry of Mobility provides advice to drivers Drive carefully as rain can reduce visibility and wet roads can affect braking capacity.
On the other hand, Mobility reported that some intersections with traffic lights are currently out of service. “The area’s traffic light group is taking corrective actions at the following locations: Calle 64B bis to Av. Cali and diagonal 63F to Av. Cali,” its latest report states.
Many users on social networks posted videos showing heavy downpour causing some streets to appear white due to hail.
Some citizens expressed their surprise that the weather changed from intense sunshine to heavy rain “in just over two hours”. They also emphasized that high temperatures prevail in the city these days.
“It’s raining cats and dogs in Bogotá. There’s hail and stuff. He couldn’t stand the heat and the burning sun yesterday. That’s it,” one user said.
Likewise, videos showing the Suba portal being completely submerged were also shared.
Heavy rains also cause blockages on the roads, affecting traffic and posing a risk to drivers, so the city’s emergency units need to respond quickly.
According to the Aqueduct and Sewer Company of Bogotá (EAAB), there are several factors that influence this phenomenon.
One of them is related to the condition of the road, because Potholes and depressions, as well as unpaved streets in some neighborhoods, create drift material and are prone to silting.
Other important factors include the dumping of garbage (which affects the normal functioning of the city’s drainage system) and inadequate management of debris and construction waste, which can lead to clogging of sewers and storm sewers.
EAAB identified 12 critical points in the city that are most prone to flooding. These:
1. 9th Street – NQS between 106th and 112th Streets
2. Carrera 10 and 6th street
3. Northern Highway, between 195 and 210 streets
4. Caracas Boulevard in the collapsed area of 80th Street
5. Carrera 50 and Las Américas Boulevard east-west
6. 68th Street and May 1st
7. 68th, between 68th and 63rd streets
8. 7th rank in Javeriana University sector
9. Caracas, in the Artillery School-La Picota area
10. La Boyacá in the Meissen district, with 64th street south
11. Between 96th Street and 13th Street in the El Playón de Fontibón sector
12. 13th Street, between Carreras 134 and 136, Kasandra sector.
Acueducto stated that it is working on four actions to prevent and reduce vulnerability from rain in the city. The first of these is the construction of new networks to expand drainage capacity.
The second point concerns preventive maintenance work and critical areas such as Galerías, Zona T, Zona G and Boyacá and Primero de Mayo Boulevard.
The third action is to strengthen operational capacity. EAAB currently has around 400 people, including engineers, inspectors and workers, to deal with unexpected situations caused by heavy rains.
Finally, the regional company underlines that citizens must make good use of waste in order to prevent littering on the streets and comply with the established schedule for collecting garbage from homes.
BOGOTÁ FROM THE EDITOR
Source: Exame
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