Heavy Rain and Wind Gusts Tear Roofs From Homes in Táchira

Heavy rain and powerful wind gusts battered several municipalities in Venezuela's Táchira state on Sunday, tearing roofs from homes, bringing down trees and severely damaging the electricity network.

The weather also hit the Cipriano Castro toll plaza in Vega de Aza, in the municipality of Torbes. Strong winds ripped the structure's main sign away. Videos shared on social media showed zinc roofs being dragged by the wind before falling onto roads and blocking both vehicles and pedestrians.

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Homes were directly affected, with the roofs of many houses torn away. It also hit electricity poles, some transmission cables, toll booths and roads hard.

Governor Freddy Bernal said Civil Protection teams, Corpoelec workers and state government officials remained deployed in the affected areas to assess the scale of the damage. He said homes, electricity poles, transmission cables, toll-booth cabins and roads had all been affected.

Bernal said monitoring would remain active in case of further emergencies. “We are on alert and always responding to the community as effectively as possible,” he said.

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We are on alert and always responding to the community as effectively as possible.