El Salvador has intensified its preventive efforts to mitigate risks associated with the upcoming rainy season, aiming to avoid critical situations like the severe flooding experienced in previous years.

Luis Alonso Amaya, director of Civil Protection, highlighted that the country has undergone a significant shift in its approach to the rainy season over the past five years, prioritizing prevention and risk reduction before the onset of winter.

According to Amaya, El Salvador now has pre-equipped shelters and strategically distributed humanitarian aid across the country’s four regions. Additionally, a substantial investment has been made in machinery to address geological risks and reduce vulnerability in disaster-prone areas.

“We are now focused on having the necessary resources to respond swiftly, but we are not waiting for winter to arrive,” he stated. He also mentioned that mitigation efforts have already begun, including cleaning drainage systems and ravines, as well as trimming trees to prevent incidents caused by the first storms and potential strong winds.

These preventive measures aim to avert critical scenarios similar to those seen in previous years when various regions of the country faced severe flooding.