COMANDOS REPORT AT LEAST 9 DEAD FROM TROPICAL STORM JULIA

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Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador activated its volunteers and branches on Sunday night to respond to the emergency caused by Tropical Storm Julia as it passed through Salvadoran territory.

So far, the deaths of 9 people have been reported, including five soldiers who were resting in a house at Finca Germanía, in Comasagua, La Libertad, when a wall collapsed onto the home. Three of the soldiers lost their lives, while another was rescued and taken to a medical facility.

Rescue efforts have begun to recover the soldiers’ bodies. Meanwhile, two other people lost their lives on Sunday in Guatajiagua, Department of Morazán, where a wall collapsed, burying the home where they lived.

Another of the deceased is Adrián Chilulo, 72, who lost his life when a tree fell onto his home in Cantón Agua Caliente, in Caserío Los Rivas, Municipality of Caluco, Department of Sonsonate.

Meanwhile, José Efraín Méndez Ramírez, 30, died after being swept away with his motorcycle by the powerful current of water that affected central Armenia, near Caserío El Guaje, in that Municipality. The young motorcyclist’s body was located a few meters farther down in a roadside ditch.

Comandos de Salvamento de El Salvador remains activated with 32 branches and its volunteers amid the continued rains, which have not stopped since Sunday night and have caused landslides, as well as evacuations of families in danger.

In response, the Government authorities of President Nayik Bukele have opened more than 80 shelters, where several families who were at risk have been relocated.