There are already 6 departments with routes cut off and concern is growing

The floods have already affected six departments of the Uruguayreaching at least 10 routes that were cut off due to the presence of water, a problem that threatens to worsen in the coming hours due to new rains and as a consequence of the springs coming from Brazil.

The most affected areas are those of the departments of Treinta y Tres, Rocha, Rivera, Durazno, Río Negro and Tacuarembó, the Caminera Police reported. Specifically, the flooded roads are

• Route 44 – km 58 Mazangano Pass.
• Route 44 – km 64 – Safon Pass.

Thirty-three

• Route 18 – km 369 – Tacuarí River.
• Route 98 (Ostrich Grande and Chico, La Barra, Ramón Saravia and Victoria).
• Route 91 (between Vergara and Charqueada).
• Route 91 A° Los Corrales – Puente Charqueada – Cebollatí.
• Route 19 (Séptima Bajada, Los Molles, Rubén Lena, Palo a Pique, El Tigre, El Coto).

Peach

• Route 42 from KM 37 to 42 – bridges over Arroyos Blanquillo, Paimi and San José de Cañas.

Rocha

• Route 91 – Rano Pass.
• Route 14 – km 265 Treinta Bocas (between Varela and Lascano).
• Route 13 – Paso de la Laguna (between Velázquez and Castillos).
• Route 13 (does not specify kilometer).

Black river

• Route 20 km 31,200 – A° Sánchez (section from route 3 to route 24).
• Route 20 in Río Negro (does not specify kilometer).

Tacuarembó

• Route 44 km 30 – Paso de los Novillos.
• Route 26 km 247 (there is water on the route but vehicles are allowed).

The floods complicate connectivity in full soybean harvestat a time when rural roads were already affected by the rains of recent weeks, a situation that led to the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP) a declare a national road emergency last Friday.

The agricultural sector fears that it will further complicate production during the harvest season, after seeing the significant disruptions caused by the climate phenomenon in Brazil.

However, the Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries, Fernando Mattossaid on Tuesday that, although crops are paralyzed due to intense rains, the outlook “is far” from what is experienced in Rio Grande do Sulin Brazil.

“There is large volume rainfall that stops work in the field a little, the harvests are interrupted and that is what makes producers anxious,” he said.

Meanwhile, the National Emergency System (Sinae) On Tuesday night, a total of 199 people were evacuated throughout the country. Added to this number were the 564 self-evacuated people and another 763 displaced people.