2023-12-12 05:34:00
At least Three people, including two minors, have died due to the floods recorded during the weekend in Bolivia, which reached a height of eight meters and affected nearly 1,800 families.
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The mayor of Cotagaita, Daniel Llanos, has explained to the Bolivian news portal Erbol that the deceased They were swept away by the rivers. A boy was three years old and a girl was eight. The third fatality is an adult woman. While she has pointed out that “a similar flood has never been seen,” she has lamented that peasant families are suffering too much because they have lost their production that allowed them daily sustenance.
The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, has announced the mobilization of search and rescue teams “to find the missing people” and assist the families of 25 affected communities. “We receive with deep regret the news of human losses resulting from a natural disaster of proportions in the municipality of Cotagaita, in Potosí. You are not alone!”, he declared. While he has expressed his solidarity and regret for the “irreparable loss of human life”, he has indicated that he is coordinating the care of the affected families and has sent four emergency medical brigades, a batch of medicines and eight tons of humanitarian aid. .
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