translated from Spanish: Homes at risk by breaking a hill in Las Guacamayas

Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.- Due to the intense rains generated by the tropical storm “Narda”, which have left various damage in this region and the suspension of classes throughout the coast, in the Tenencia de Las Guacamayas, belonging to this municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas there is a likely risk to the civilian population of the undoing of a hill, as this morning a landslide destroyed a chapel in the aforementioned town, according to information provided by the police and rescue authorities.

The warning lights are in the colony El Cerrito, where a landslide brought down a religious construction. As far as municipal, state and federal relief corporations arrived to deal with the emergency. There were no injuries or deaths.

Regarding the subject, Jorge Romero Alvarado, head of firefighters in the state and in charge of Civil Protection in the Lazaro Cárdenas Region, commented to this editor: “As you can see the situation is of imminent risk, there may be a scinth of the cerrito, because is saturated with water.

“Here are both municipal and state authorities, there is the Silkena and the Navy, all working in coordination to provide security to the population. In Guacamayas the scenario is critical with risk to people, but at the moment there are no victims to regret.”

In this context, PC revealed that in El Cerrito several houses are in danger of being damaged by an anouncing land, because this Monday one already destroyed a chapel and a couple of residences, as well as a vehicle of the frying company Sabritas.
Likewise, in sections of the road Lázaro Cárdenas-La Mira there are partial cuts to the circulation by the ungainly asphalt tape and slopes that are on the side of the road.

Damage at Punta Ixtal tortuguero camp
In the Punta Ixtal tortuguero camp in the municipality of Aquila, “Narda” also left damage: hundreds of turtle eggs were lost because of the destruction that the storm originated in the natural sanctuary and on the beach. The staff now works to rescue as much as possible.

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