Bolivia: at least 8 dead and 37,000 families affected by floods and overflowing rivers

The Deputy Minister of Civil Defense of Bolivia, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, reported that 36,851 families were affected Yes at least eight people died from floods and river overflows in 74 municipalities across the country.

“At the moment, we have seven departments affected with more or less intensity, 74 municipalities,” he said in an interview with local radio Patria Nueva, in which he also estimated the cultivated hectares affected at more than 34,000.

Likewise, Calvimontes pointed out that the flooding and overflowing rivers caused damage to 1,551 houses in different places and said that there is a missing person.

El Gobierno boliviano decretó la semana pasada la alerta roja hidrológica en las cuencas de los ríos Mamoré, Isiboro, Ichilo, Ivirgarzama, Chimoré y Chapare, mientras que en los departamentos de La Paz, Beni, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba y Pando se activó la alerta Orange.

Europa press agency

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