Drought - 2001, El Salvador

Submitted by administrator on Sun, 18/02/2007 - 22:15. Drought

Start date: 13/07/2001

End date:31/07/2001

Location:

El Salvador

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Glide number: DR-2001-000383-SLV

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The 2001 drought resulted in crop losses as high as 90 percent in the east of the country. Total agricultural losses amounted to 45,000 hectares¹,³.

Some 400,000 people were affected by the drought, many of who were already suffering from the impact of the January and February earthquakes².

¹ International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. 2001. Central America: Drought Information Bulletin No. 2/01.
http://www.ifrc.org/docs/appeals/rpts01/cadr01a1.pdf#search=%22Central%2...

No. Deaths
No. Injured
No. Affected	400,000
Houses destroyed
Houses damaged
Other damage	- 45,000 hectares of agricultural land
Economic cost

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