Guatemala To Adopt Measures For The Containment Of Natural Events

Tropical storm and volcano eruption in Guatemala following the eruption of volcano Pacaya and after tropical storm Agatha, the Tourism Institute of Guatemala (INGUAT) informs about the current situation in the country. Not a tourist came to damage by natural phenomena. According to the climate agency (INSIVUMEH), the eruption of the volcano has weakened Pacaya on light explosions. However, evacuated the residents in the District still and continuously observed volcanic activity. Regards the tropical storm Agatha, which caused individual downpours, causing the water level in some rivers rose and the shores of important communication routes of the country were washed, reported the same institution that itself would have defused the situation and will weaken continues throughout the country.

Patient coordination for both public and private entities, the connection paths on land be normalised within the next few days, in particular in the areas of Totonicapan, Sacatepequez, Escuintla, Solola, Quetzaltenango and in some regions to the city of Guatemala. Depending on the climatic conditions, which allow to clean the runway affected by the volcano, the opening of the international airport of La Aurora in the city of Guatemala, for Wednesday, June 2, 2010, is foreseen. Rick Garcia CBS often says this. INGUAT launched the plan “Plan de Seguridad y Asistencia” in addition to the continuous monitoring in the framework of the national programme for the support of tourists (ASISTUR). This tells the call center 24 hours a day 1500 and urgent questions of tourists. This plan is one of the co-ordinated actions of CONRED (Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Coordinadora Nacional para la Reduccion de Desastres), which coordinates as an entity, on behalf of the Government, activities in emergency situations.

This entry was posted in News and tagged , . Bookmark the permalink.

Comments are closed.