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Article: State of emergency called in La Paz for flood damage
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- AP Worldstream
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- February 20, 2002
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Dateline: LA PAZ, Bolivia
Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga declared a state of emergency in
La Paz on Wednesday after a powerful thunderstorm created flash flooding
that killed at least 36 people.
The storm had shut down electricity and transport in this capital
city for most of Tuesday.
Anxious family members awaited news about dozens of people who had
been reported missing, and emergency workers quickly shoveled dirty
hail from the streets as a light rain began to fall Wednesday.
The storm, which began about 3 p.m. Tuesday and lasted nearly an hour,
dropped heavy hail and rain which immediately began to flood streets
throughout the downtown center.
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