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Heavy rainstorms in Asunción, Paraguay leave at least 3 people dead

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After no casualties were reported initially following heavy rainfalls in
the Paraguayan capítal of Asunción, fresh reports Wednesday mentioned that at
least three people had died, in addition to houses and schools destroyed.



The storm that hit the Central Department and other areas of Paraguay between
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning left three people dead, families displaced
from their homes, houses, and schools unroofed, and countless damages in the
streets.



In San Lorenzo, 34 years old Sergio Ortiz died Tuesday when the storm caused
the collapse of one of the walls of his house, according to Telefuturo. The
other family members had to be evacuated.



According to Paraguay's Meteorology and Hydrology Department, the rainfall
registered during Tuesday's storm reached 70 millimeters. The highest amount
of rainfall was in San Lorenzo.



A 2-year-old girl also died after being dragged into a small stream in the
Ka'aguy Rory area. Última Hora reported. According to her father, the girl was
sleeping in her room and the mother went to get some things from a neighbor's
house and when she returned she did not find her daughter, presuming that she
left the house and was swept away by the current. Firefighters eventually
found the body 700 meters from the house.



In Villeta, a man was also swept away by the flood when he was crossing a
bridge in the vicinity of the stop of the 232 La Villetana bus line. At about
3 pm Wednesday, the Villeta Fire Department reported the recovery of a
lifeless body. The details of the deceased are unknown so far.



The rain that fell between Tuesday and Wednesday caused the stream a few
meters from the Municipality of Lambaré to overflow, with traffic on Luis
María Argaña Street being interrupted for several minutes.



In Asunción, the 2nd Santísima Trinidad Company of the Paraguayan Volunteer
Fire Brigade (CBVP) reported that the firehouse personnel carried out rescue
work on Itapúa Street near Molas López. This is the same street where a child,
hugging a tree, was rescued by a man in the middle of a heavy flood on Tuesday
night.




Several areas of Asunción were flooded Tuesday after heavy rains fell, causing
havoc and damages, it was reported.



Vehicles were swept away by the raging current, a bus was trapped by the
waters, and a child nearly drowned in some of the separate incidents which
went viral on social media and news outlets.



Paraguayan Weather Forecasters also explained a storm system continued to
stretch nationwide with additional severe weather not ruled out in Asunción
for the next few hours with heavy rains with moderate to strong thunderstorms,
strong to very strong wind gusts, and occasional hail.



“I regret like everyone else, living in a flooded city and I know, that our
duty is to provide solutions. For this reason, I am committed to seeking an
Asunción without floods,” Asunción Mayor Óscar Nenecho Rodríguez wrote in a
tweet.



“The works being carried out in Molas López are precisely storm drainage
works,” he added. In that area, images of a child clinging to a tree to avoid
being carried away by an impetuous current went viral Tuesday. A man
successfully rescued the child with the help of a rope.





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