Tonight, floodwaters have invaded the southern villages of Blue Creek and Mafredi as residents have been forced to evacuate their homes.
And as they flee, they have to wonder if those homes will ever be the same.
Reports reaching 7 news is that water and mud from the Moho River has inundated houses. We spoke via phone to local tour guide turned flood victim, Vicente Ical about the damage he's seeing in his village.
Voice of: Vicente Ical, Flood Victim
"What we are experiencing right now is a lot of rain, lots of wind coming from the west blowing towards the village of Blue Creek, because we live 15 minutes from the cave entrance, lots of water coming from the valleys and into this cave system and passing through the village itself and different homes and damaging inside their homes and a lot of people are trying to remove their items and moving to higher ground. There are busses here taking people to about 3-4 miles from here to a village called Mafredi and they are getting help there from NEMO and other groups. The water is still high about 20-25 feet above the bridge. It's coming from the cave of Blue Creek village and it's flowing down to Moho River."
"I live closer to the mountain side. Water passing through the different area around our home, but the people who lives lower below their houses are under water right now as we speak."
Reporter
"What do you think is the cause of all this flooding, is it just the location of the village or is it lack of infrastructure?"
Voice of: Vicente Ical, Flood Victim
"We have experience this about 3 times already from Hurricane Iris in 2001, the water just flows down through the village itself and it creates a lot of damage to our crops and family homes and so forth. Right now I would say its typically a rainy season, but we always panic a lot, because when it rains and then there are flash floods coming passing through very fast. So we just have to be on the safe side and then what we do to help other people is the Mennonite would come to the village, they will have their vehicles and see who have their busses and trucks and they would take people to higher ground. When the water passes through the villages it would enter inside the walls, because a lot of the walls are board walls and water would find its way inside through different areas and wash much of their dirt floors and creates a lot of mud inside. All the mud that the river brings goes inside the homes."
And this afternoon the Department of Hydrology announced that the Rio Grande river is at flood stage and rising, while the Temash River, and the Moho River are all at flood stage, with the Blue Creek Bridge covered since 7:00 this morning. Flood levels are still increasing; and at Jordan, levels are above normal and increasing.
The TEMASH RIVER at Crique Sarco is also at FLOOD STAGE and increasing.
We'll keep following this.
