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Floods - October 2005, El Salvador

Start date: 03/10/2005
End date:16/10/2005
Location:
El Salvador
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Glide number: FL-2005-000171-SLV
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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