Nicaragua: Caribbean waiting for help

So yesterday sported area Wawa Boom, which shows that several houses and about 1kilometers up the road is under water.

Dec 22, 2013

Caribbean waiting for help

Fuel shortages in Waspám in the North Caribbean Autonomous Region , one of the towns most affected by the rains that hit the region , is the main reason that even after several days no real status of the damage is known mainly caused crops of community , he told El Nuevo Diario, the mayor of this town , Alex Fernandez

Fuel shortages in Waspám in the North Caribbean Autonomous Region , one of the towns most affected by the rains that hit the region , is the main reason that even after several days no real status of the damage is known mainly caused crops of community , he told El Nuevo Diario, the mayor of this town , Alex Fernandez.

Fernandez lamented the inaction of both the regional and central authorities , to address the situation .

” We have not been answered or regional level , much less the center, here with the few resources on the mayor we have sent aid to the brothers of Awas Tingni , where they remain evacuated 25 families , they lost everything ,” observed mayor Fernandez.

However, Colonel Rogelio Flores, head of the Civil Defense Army Nicaragua , told El Nuevo Diario that had begun to send humanitarian aid to those affected by the floods, such as blankets , mats and other items.

The overflowing river Wawa Boom remains paralyzed traffic , which has pushed up prices of products in Puerto Cabezas and Waspám , as traders have to pay between 600 and 1,500 Cordobas per charge , which must be borne by consumers, while those traveling must pay 50 cordobas by crossing .
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