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Article: Floods ravage storm-hit El Salvador.
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- Aljazeera.net
- Article date:
- November 9, 2009
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11/8/2009 10:56:45 PM
At least 124 people have been killed by floods and mudslides in El Salvador after the central American nation was battered by Hurricane Ida.
Humberto Centeno, the country's interior minister, said on Monday that the toll was likely to rise since dozens of people were still missing.
"There are 60 people missing in just the province of San Vicente ... we have been through disaster zones, including a fly-over of Verapaz [in San Vicente], it is a real tragedy there."
The capital city San Salvador was hit hardest, with 61 people reported dead after mudslides buried homes, according to the Red Cross.
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