Storm affects the Palacio de López

This is how the main tower of the López Palace was left after a storm with hurricane force winds on Thursday afternoon, which caused the restoration structure to fall on the attic.

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Photo: Luis Enriquez (ÚH)

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Likewise, the tower crane of the consortium that carries out the restoration work swayed in the wind, threatening even the architecture of the emblematic Palacio de López.

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The Palace repair works are in charge of the Restoration Consortium, made up of the questioned company Engineering SA and Caraguatay, for a total sum of G. 38,885,225,810.

The Directorate of Meteorology and Hydrology had announced in the siesta of this Thursday the appearance of precipitations that would take place in the form of showers of “rapid development” and “punctually intense”, in addition to gusts of moderate to strong winds.

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On the other hand, Meteorology predicts high temperatures for the next few days, with figures between 38 ° C and 42 ° C.

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