Nicaraguan Cities
Declare Red Alert Because Of Drought
MANAGUA - Two
cities in central Nicaragua have declared
red alerts because of a lack of water and
food caused by a severe drought that has
ravaged the country since the end of 2009.
Bayardo Arauz, mayor of Teustepe in Boaco
province, said the council of his
municipality decreed a red alert for fear of
an expanded famine caused by a food and
water shortage in central Nicaragua.
"There were not harvests for the lack of
rains and our municipality has few water
resources and it is getting drier," Arauz
said Friday.
Arauz said other cities in Boaco province,
including Santa Luica and San Jose de los
Remates, also have been affected by the
drought but to a lower degree.
Also on Friday, the municipal council of San
Lorenzo decreed a red alert due to the risk
of a "state of famine" caused by a lack of
food and water in the city.
Tuestepe also has been affected by the
drought, which began late last year and has
shriveled the harvests of tens of thousands
of grain farmers.
Meanwhile, President Daniel Ortega said his
government was ready to face any food
emergency and other situation caused by the
drought.
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