Venezuelans in the city of Las Tejerias in Aragua state expected rescuers this Monday (10) to search for more than 50 people who were missing due to devastating flooding that killed dozens after heavy rains over the weekend.

Rains on Saturday night (8) swept large tree trunks and debris from the mountains surrounding the municipality, 67 km southwest of Caracas, causing damage to companies and fields in the area.

Remigio Ceballos, vice president for citizen safety, said at least 36 people were killed as a result of the flooding and 56 people are still missing. Early estimates reported at least 25 dead and 52 missing.

Standing outside her once two-story home before the floods knocked it down, Jennifer Galindez waited for news of her husband, one of those reported missing after the city flooded.

Selin said that she also killed her young granddaughter.

Galindez, 46, added that her husband, 55, José Segovia, has serious diabetes.

Galindez, in the middle of the rain, before the flood took him, saw water entering his house and went out to seek help.

“The water took me,” he said, adding that he finally took shelter on a platform where there was no current.

Houses, shops and other facilities in Las Tejerias were partially or completely filled with mud and other debris was flooded. There is currently no electricity or drinking water in the area.

On Monday, tractors were seen clearing the roads in Las Tejerias as the sun shines after days of rain.

Although Galindez managed to make her way back to her half-buried house through a hole in the wall on Saturday, she discovered that her husband, Estefania Romero, who was less than 2 years old, was not in her husband’s bed when she gave birth. drowned on the couch.

“I couldn’t sleep,” Galindez said. “I can’t close my eyes because that’s what I see. I see my grandson where I put him. I left him there and couldn’t get him out.”