Táchira state officials announced this Monday. four more deaths due to the rains of the last two weeks Venezuelanthe national balance rose to 16 dead3 people, whose beds had increased due to the rain, were dragged into the streams and disappeared.
Yesnardo Canal, Director of Civil Protection in Táchira, stated that since September 22, 12 people have lost their lives by “diving” due to heavy rains that brought along the stream flooding, only in the border area with Colombia. On September 23, the group of 36 people drifted by the river, 26 found alive, nine dead and one still missing.’ Likewise, he announced that the dead bodies of two other people drifted by the river were found in the municipality of Bolivar, and the body of another man who died yesterday due to rain in the municipality of Jáuregui. .
The previous balance had reported two deaths in Lara state: one was dragged by the river, and the other was electrocuted at her home in the middle of a heavy rain storm. In this case of the hardest hit, the search continues for another person drifting by the river, as was the case in Mérida, where a man also died in the same circumstances.
Added to this list is the only dead from Carabobo state (north), who was also pushed by a swollen creek.
The rains of the last two weeks left More than a hundred missing along with nearly two thousand victims partial or total, while maintaining the bad weather forecast.