Venezuela flooding death toll rises after three perish near Maracay

Record ID: 1693812

  • Title: Venezuela flooding death toll rises after three perish near Maracay
  • Date: 18th October 2022
  • Summary: MARACAY, VENEZUELA (OCTOBER 18, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS OF DRONE SHOTS OF AREA DESTROYED BY FLOODS VARIOUS OF WATER RUNNING DOWN MUDDIED STREETS TWO CHILDREN LOOKING AT WATER FLOWING LOCAL WHOSE HOUSE WAS AFFECTED BY FLOODS, DANIEL BECERRA, WALKING TOWARDS HIS HOME VARIOUS OF BECERRA’S CALVES STUCK IN MUD MATTRESS IN THE MIDDLE OF A FLOODED ROOM (SOUNDBITE) (Spani
  • Embargoed: 1st November 2022 21:45
  • Keywords: Flood Landslide Maracay Natural disaster Venezuela Weather
  • Location: MARACAY, VENEZUELA
  • City: MARACAY, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Venezuela
  • Topics: Environment,South America / Central America,Nature/Wildlife
  • Reuters ID: LVA001318018102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Flooding in Venezuela's central Aragua state killed at least three people on Monday (October 17), adding to the death toll from weeks of intense rains, authorities said.
    Drone footage captured by Reuters on Tuesday (October 18) showed water running through large streets filled with mud.
    Locals moved rubble on the street to prevent more water from entering their houses.
    The flood and mud destroyed many homes, such as Marielle Figallo's.
    Water broke down walls, windows, and gates, Figallo said. The two workers who were at her home when the disaster happened could leave the house before the water reached it.
    A downpour on Monday (October 17) afternoon caused a dam to overflow, causing a flood that carried rocks, trees, and mud down a main road in El Castano, a suburb of the city of Maracay about 119 kilometers (74 miles) southwest of the capital Caracas.
    Authorities said multiple families had to be rescued and that a total of around 50 families were impacted.
    Heavy rains have killed dozens and left hundreds homeless in the state of Aragua in recent weeks. At least 54 people died in the town of Las Tejerias on Oct. 8 after heavy rains provoked mudslides that buried houses and businesses.
    (Production: Johnny Carvajal, Leonardo Fernandez, Efrain Otero, Nina Lopez)
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