Floods - October 2005, El Salvador
Submitted by administrator on Sun, 18/02/2007 - 22:29.
Floods – Mud slide – Windstorms
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On 3 October 2005, heavy rains caused El Salvadors largest river, the Lempa to overflow. The heavy rains also triggered mudslides that took 23 lives.
1 ReliefWeb. 2005. Mudslides, rain kill 35 in Central America.
http://reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/8b7d095431371f6e852567cb008396bb/5e82698...
Event overview table
| No. Deaths | 23 |
| No. Injured | |
| No. Affected | 300 |
| Houses destroyed | 423 |
| Houses damaged | 2,316 |
| Other damage | |
| Economic cost |
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