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tropical storm Bonnie left the mainland of Nicaragua this Saturday with no reported victims, however the green and yellow alerts remained in force, because the threat of flooding and landslides remains, local authorities reported.
On his way through Nicaragua, between last night and this Saturday morning, Bonnie It knocked down trees, poles and power lines, caused roofs to detach, tidal waves in the Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean and Great Lake, flooding of rivers, and small landslides, according to official reports and reports from affected residents.
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Some of the trees felled by the maximum sustained winds of Bonniecalculated at 65 kilometers per hour, fell on highways, including the Pan-American, without causing damage.
The director of the National System for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Attention (Sinapred), Guillermo González, reported that the direct effects of Bonnie they were registered in 12 municipalities of Nicaragua, all in the south of the country.
He added that some 1,500 high-risk families were sheltered in 24 temporary shelter centers, and a similar number found refuge in “solidarity houses”.
Despite Bonnie quickly moved away from Nicaragua once it reached the Pacific Ocean, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that its precipitation could generate “life-threatening flash floods and landslides”.
González indicated that the Sinapred authorities will remain vigilant “for possible (land) slides, especially on Ometepe Island and the Mombacho volcano.
Ometepe, located on the Great Lake of Nicaragua, is made up of two volcanoes on its slopes, where two urban centers and multiple rural communities are found. In the case of Mombacho, in the Pacific zone, it experienced landslides due to excessive rainfall last June.
The director of Sinapred did not rule out the occurrence of floods and landslides in other areas of Nicaragua, such as the Caribbean, the south, or the northwest, where the soils are saturated due to the amount of rainfall in recent days.
González indicated that the Government of Nicaragua will wait until next Monday to provide a report on the damage caused by Bonnie.
Source: Elcomercio
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