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Death Toll from El Salvador Floods Rises to
192
SAN SALVADOR – The death toll from last
week’s floods in El Salvador has reached
192, with 80 people still missing, the
national emergency management office said on
Sunday.
The heavy rains caused by a low-pressure
system in the Pacific left 89 dead in San
Vicente, 64 dead in San Salvador, 14 dead in
La Libertad and La Paz, and 11 dead in
Cuscatlan, the five provinces hardest hit by
flooding.
Nearly 14,300 people are still living in 117
shelters across the Central American
country, the national emergency management
office said.
A total of 223 dwellings were destroyed and
630 others are still at risk of collapse.
The floods damaged 34 bridges and left 12
roads closed, the national emergency
management office said, adding that 50 other
roads had been reopened.
El Salvador has received $1.5 million in
assistance from Guatemala, Spain, the United
States, Japan, Nicaragua, Venezuela and
several international organizations, the
Foreign Ministry said.
The government has not released an official
estimate of losses caused by the floods, but
a mission made up of Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank,
Inter-American Development Bank and U.N.
agency representatives will try to quantify
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