Floods - June 2005, El Salvador

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Start date: 24/06/2005

End date:27/06/2005

Location:

El Salvador

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Glide number: FL-2005-000103-SLV

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Heavy rains lasting for several days claimed 33 lives. The majority of fatalities occurred as a result of a truck being swept away by a swollen river in the area of San Lucas south-west of San Salvador.

¹ ReliefWeb. 2005. El Salvador: Floods Information Bulletin No. 1
http://reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EGUA-6DUMJA?OpenDocument

Event overview table

No. Deaths	33
No. Injured
No. Affected	2,332
Houses destroyed
Houses damaged	3,116
Other damage
Economic cost