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Calle inundada de un municipio andino bajo lluvia intensa, con socorristas de chalecos reflectivos ayudando a vecinos a cruzar el agua
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Floods hit three Cundinamarca towns as rains leave 12 families affected

Heavy rains on Wednesday, October 28 flooded parts of Mosquera, Cucunubá and Soacha.

--- The context --- Cundinamarca is going through the second rainy season of the year, a period that, according to the departmental government, can generate new emergencies even amid the El Niño phenomenon. Authorities warned that rainfall could continue for several more weeks, so the risk will persist across the department's municipalities. In that setting, the heavy rainfall recorded on Wednesday, October 28 caused flooding in three municipalities at once: Mosquera, Cucunubá and Soacha. In each one, residents and rescue agencies stepped in to control the water and assess the damage. --- The facts --- In Mosquera, one of the affected points was Villa Cetty, where approximately 12 families were affected by flooding. Rescue agencies, under the coordination of the Mayor's Office, worked to evacuate the water and by 7:38 p. m. they had cleared the sector, according to the balance delivered by the authorities. In Cucunubá, the emergency occurred in La Punta de la Peña, where water overflowed from a canal. The work included installing close to 480 tarps with fill material and unclogging the channel. Although the water affected a road and nearby pastures, authorities reported that there were no injured people and no homes affected. In Soacha, rains that began during the night flooded the Quintanares, San Mateo, Puertoalegre and Rincón del Lago sectors. The emergency complicated mobility on the Autopista Sur, near the Sena, and at the Gran Plaza roundabout, and on October 28 flooding again affected streets and vehicles, according to citizen reports. --- The positions --- The governor of Cundinamarca, Jorge Emilio Rey, gave a preliminary balance of the emergencies, while the Departmental Risk Management Unit reported that it maintains communication and monitoring with the authorities of the three municipalities. The Municipal Risk Management Councils are visiting the areas to establish the scale of the damage and determine whether additional departmental support is needed. In Cucunubá, residents worked alongside the Ubaté Volunteer Firefighters, the Cundinamarca Police and the Mayor's Office to contain the situation. Authorities also recommended not throwing trash into the sewer system, keeping drains clear, staying away from rivers and streams during downpours and promptly reporting any risk situation. --- What remains unknown --- The full scale of the damage in the three municipalities is still unknown. The visits by the Municipal Risk Management Councils are still under way, and they will determine whether affected families need additional departmental support. --- Unanswered questions --- What is the definitive damage toll in Mosquera, Cucunubá and Soacha? Will the municipalities need additional departmental support to assist the affected families? What prevention work will be done before new rains arrive? Will the same sectors flood again if rainfall continues for several more weeks? --- EPM analysis --- The day left a repeated image across the three municipalities: the water arrived first and the response was built on the ground, with neighbors and rescuers working at the same time. That Cucunubá had no injuries and no homes affected shows the value of acting fast, but the recurrence in Soacha and the 12 affected families in Mosquera show that responding afterward is no substitute for preventing beforehand. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, the joint response by neighbors, mayor's offices and rescue agencies prevented a worse toll, and that effort deserves continued backing for as long as the rainy season lasts. But treating every downpour as a surprise has a limit: with rainfall forecast for several weeks, the pending task is to turn reaction into permanent prevention, with clear drains, watched channels and timely departmental support for the families already affected in these municipalities.
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