The Rector, accompanied by Campus directors, academics and officials, observed the result of the flood that affected almost all of the buildings located in the sector adjacent to Route 5 North.

A tour of the facilities of the Enrique Molina Garmendia Campus was carried out this Monday, June 16, by the Rector of the ULS, Dr. Nibaldo Avilés, with the aim of evaluating, on the ground, the damage caused by the intense rain that occurred in the early hours of Thursday of last week, and in an unusual way, in a single night it reached 71 millimeters of water fall, a figure close to the rainfall of an entire year in the region.

The Rector, accompanied by Campus directors, academics and officials, observed the result of the flood that affected almost all of the buildings located in the sector adjacent to Route 5 North, including the Mall Plaza La Serena, Bus Terminal , U. Santo Tomás, among others. Subsequently, along with assessing the damage, the actions to follow were analyzed to launch work that seeks to mitigate the effects of this rain that has forced academic activities to be temporarily suspended.

In this regard, Rector Avilés indicated that "the first priority is that students and teachers can be in the place without running health risks due to humidity, for which I have instructed them to take the necessary measures to dry the place and sanitize it." the dependencies, in addition to continuing with the installation of adocretes and porcelain in the Architecture sector, which was the most affected because it was located at a lower level.”

On the occasion, the highest authority also indicated that "I have asked the Director of Teaching to plan how to resume classes as soon as possible, looking for alternatives for that," adding that "it is considered coordinating meetings with regional authorities in order to provide a structural solution to the problem that affects the buildings located in the sector, with the aim of minimizing the effects of rainwater that, as a result of the construction of the Amunátegui axis and the quality of the soil, flow directly into our building and other surrounding areas. he. "It would be important for the large-scale works that are planned in the sector to provide a solution to this problem."