The rain affected some 300 families in the departments of Gran San Juan |Diario de Cuyo - News from San Juan, Argentina and El Mundo

The halls that unite the ranches of the settlements La Paz and Pellegrini, in Rivadavia, looked like lagoons.In some areas, water reached adults to their knees, and in others it was impossible to walk because it was not seen where to step on the amount of mud and water.Is that the storm that affected a large part of San Juan yesterday caused ravages in those villas located in the drink.In this place there were 202 affected families, some with damages larger than others, while in Rawson and Pocito, other of the most complicated areas, the rain harmed some more families.Even some had to be evacuated.

Within the settlement the screams of the children who played without stop.Is that in some homes the water got into the roofs or leaked through the adobes causing great damage."It's the third time we lift the house.This time we did not rain so much, because we did it on a embankment, but my neighbors lost everything, "said Enzo Cabello, who lives with his wife and 8 -year -old son at the Pellegrini settlement.Like him, many more people said they lost mattresses, refrigerators and even the merchandise they have to eat, or to sell those who have warehouses."We are afraid, because summer storms are frequent and the same thing happens to us every year," said Luciana Díaz, another one of those affected.While from the National Meteorological Service it was predicted that the rains and storms could continue as much today and tomorrow.

In Rawson and Pocito, the rain also caused great damage to different areas.In these departments they had to receive assistance in total about 100 families from different settlements and neighborhoods because the flooding of the streets caused some houses to also suffer this problem.To them were added those that suffered leaks, due to the precariousness of the buildings.

With trucks, backhoes and tank trucks the different state institutions helped families and provided assistance.According to what they reported from the municipalities of Rivadavia, Rawson and Pocito, in addition to Civil Protection, Firefighters, the Police and Human Development, most of the people affected in these three departments were living in their homes.However there were some that had to be evacuated.

In Rawson, for example in the immediate vicinity of Lemos Street and Calle Granaderos, police officers helped in the evacuation of a minor and a lord of legal age who was mobilized in a wheelchair.While in Kennedy Street, near Mendoza and Boulevard Sarmient.In other areas, and due to damage, the neighbors until they cut the streets to ask for assistance.In Rawson, in San Miguel and Calle 6, a group of people asked for help for floods.

In the other departments the rain only produced minor problems.However, and in addition to the damage to the private houses, the rain led to many activities to be suspended in San Juan.In Fertile Valley, the Ischigualasto Provincial Park remained closed throughout the day, while El Leoncito National Park, located in Calingasta, did not open its doors and said it will continue closed until further notice, also due to the consequences produced by the storm ofrains.

In addition, the registration of the scholarships progress in capital, the attention at the Motortest located in the May Park and the Mobile Testing of the Huazihul neighborhood, in Rivadavia, and an act that was carried out between the Secretariats of Environment and Provincial Security.

Cleaning to get home

The entrance of Alicia Chancay's house was throughout the day full of water and land."I no longer give water with the broom, a bucket and even pots," said the woman and said she believed that her motorcycle had even been broken, because after the rain she got into the mud.

After the rain, arrangements on the roof

Matías Andino did not stop a minute of working.Loading buckets with land and trying to accommodate the reeds and nylon, fixed the roof of his house."Water got the roof and wet everything.Now I prioritize the arrangement, for the doubts that it rains again, "he said.

A drain, with the help of your neighbors

Mayra Vega lives in a house located on 5th Street and Pellegrini.She had to ask her neighbors for help to get the water and mud inside her house."I sent my daughter to my mother's house because she can't be here.We were wet, to the refrigerator ".

Claudia Franco has two children and yesterday spent much of the day outside her home."When the rain began the water got along the roof, below the doors and by the walls.It seemed like a channel.When I stopped, I took everything in the sun to dry, "said the woman.