📋 Tender Overview
The National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) recommends preparation measures to hydrological notices No. 359, 362 and 363 of the Senamhi, in which the flood of the bad rivers, in Lima, and Maranon, in the departments, in the departments, in the departments, in the departments, in the departments, in the departments Cajamarca and Amazonas, who entered the red hydrological threshold.
At 09:00 today, Thursday, February 13, the first river reached a flow of 122.52 m3/s at the La Capilla station, located in the Calango district, Canete province, a situation that could affect the Yanacaca populated centers, the return , Yuncaviri, Nicochay and La Oroya (Machine).
At the same time there was a value of 2342.04 m3/s at the Cumba control point, which monitors the Maranon River and is located in the Toribio Casanova district, Cottervo province. This situation puts at risk the Corral Quemado Centers, San Francisco, Cumba, Huayanchi, La Posa, Puerto Choros, El Choloque and Monte Redondo.
Meanwhile, similar situation occurs in the Cumba district, Utcubamba province, since the Corral Quemado station reported a flow of 2643.2 m3/s for the same river. The populated centers that could suffer emergencies for this scenario are Corral Quemado, Santa Clara, La Huanguera, Huaranguilla, Valor, San Luis, La Flor, Rentema and Puerto Rentema.
Rimac and Canete Rios in Orange Umbral
In the same way, Senamhi also issued notices No. 360 and 361, in which it informs about the state of the Rimac and Canete rivers, in Lima, which are found in the orange hydrological threshold.
This morning the Chosica station, in the Lurigancho district, registered a flow of 95.33 m3/s for the first tributary; The potential areas of affectation would be the populated centers of Chosica and Chaclacayo. Finally, the Canete River reached a value of 208.49 m3/s3 in the socSi control point, located in Lunahuana; Socsi, Pinta, El Monte and Santa Sofia are the populated centers that could be affected.
Given this panorama, Indeci urges local authorities to continue with the execution of their contingency plans, prepare its early alert community system, provide for the organization of the population and dispose of permanent monitoring of rivers to take measures or alert evacuation.
If some flood emergency is presented, it is preferable to get away from the electric power cables or high voltage towers, avoid crossing the rivers that have increased their flow and stay attentive to the recommendations of the local authorities.
Indeci, through the National Emergency Operations Center (COEN), permanently and constantly monitor the dangers, emergencies and disasters that occurred nationwide in coordination with regional and local authorities.
