Floods - October 1998, El Salvador
Submitted by administrator on Sun, 18/02/2007 - 22:29.
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Intense rainfall associated with Hurricane Mitch flooded 65,000 hectares of land. The area around the town of Chilanguera near San Miguel was struck by a flash flood that claimed 126 lives.
1 Araniva de Gonzalez, A.E. 2004. Social perspectives on hazards and disasters in El Salvador. Geological Society of America Special Paper 375.
Event overview table
| No. Deaths | 126 |
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