After the rains attributable to the meteorological phenomenon “Lidia”, which distributed sewage all through the town, a lot of it landed on the La Paz boardwalk and different seashores.
Concerning this matter, the Ministry of Well being launched an announcement advising people to chorus from swimming in these waters for a length of 4 to 5 days.
René Francisco Cota Avendaño, the deputy commissioner for proof and well being promotion of the State Fee for Safety towards Well being Dangers, pressured that the beaches are currently safe, as measurements taken in strategic areas within the bay dominated out contamination.
“They’re protected, now we have a program known as Clear Seashores, during which now we have greater than 14 factors the place samples are continually taken and we see that the water is in good situation…”
The work carried out by COEPRIS in collaboration with the Municipal Workplace of Consuming Water, Sanitation and Wastewater of La Paz (OOMSAPAS) is geared toward eliminating the sewage spill and limiting the sale of meals on public streets.
Likewise, retailers are knowledgeable of the measures to ban the sale of meals till the restriction is lifted.
“We’ve been working since Sunday on excursions, each within the municipality of Los Cabos and right here in La Paz, to find the areas the place the sewage spill occurred. Keep away from gross sales on public roads on this space and likewise notify the municipality and the consuming water and wastewater system to allow them to present an answer. If we discover a sewage spill, we should not solely notify SAPA, but additionally encourage and forestall meals gross sales on public streets in that space.”
Lifeless individuals, destroyed homes, swollen rivers, lack of sunshine; the damages of the highly effective “Lidia”
Under is a abstract of the principle occasions that brought on harm, disruption and chaos within the communities of Jalisco and Nayarit.
Hurricane “Lidia” made landfall in Jalisco as a powerful Class 4 hurricane. The forty first Army Zone, based mostly in Puerto Vallarta, confirmed the deaths of three individuals associated to the hurricane. One occurred in Bahía de Banderas from the autumn of a tree, one other from the disappearance of an individual in Lake Melaque within the municipality of Cihuatlán, and the third from a coronary heart assault in Autlán.
With winds of 165 mph, Lidia made landfall on the distant peninsula of Cabo Corrientes on Tuesday earlier than transferring inland south of Puerto Vallarta, in accordance with the Nationwide Hurricane Middle. After crossing the nation, the hurricane remained robust and briefly blocked a number of native routes.
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Within the occasion of a tropical storm, heavy rainfall, or hurricane, it’s advisable to heed the bulletins of the well being authorities with a purpose to cooperate with all obligatory measures to keep away from well being issues.
