Bolivia Continues
Evacuations
About 3,000 families are
living on shelters in
this northeastern
Bolivian City threatened
to be flooded by
possible overflow of
Ibare River.
The capital of Beni
department is in a state
of emergency because of
the leaks in its dike
that have provoked mass
evacuation and damages
to about 10,700
families.
According to Carlos
Delin regional director
of the Emergency
Operation Center the
heavy rain forecast for
the next five days
increases the danger of
dam's overflow.
Several commissions
supervised by Civil
Defense authorities are
giving attention to
victims of the disasters
provoked by the weather
phenomenon La Niña.
Ministers from the
presidential cabinet are
supervising preventive
works including building
of camps in the
mountains and
distribution of
humanitarian aid.
The Armed Force
reinforced the wall
around Trinidad with
about 1000 sandbags to
avoid flooding.
The number of families'
victim to heavy rain and
landslides increased to
41,557 and the death
tall reached 49 in the
last few hours.
Between January and
March 2007 rain has
affected 600,000
Bolivian families,
killing 56 people with
material damage of 443.3
million dollars. |
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