More than 3,500 People
Evacuated in El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR - At least 3,561 people remain
evacuated in El Salvador by rains associated
with Tropical Storm Alex, which left
hundreds of damaged homes and areas with
threats of landslides and mudslides.
According to Civil Protection authorities,
there are 43 centers fitted out to house the
homeless, who continue arriving at
evacuation sites, although the government
downgraded the alert orange to green after
the decrease in rainfall.
Heavy rains allowed the country to collect
93 thousand millimetres of water until June
of this year, a record figure since the
1970s.
Rains also caused three deaths, one missing,
53 landslides in 22 municipalities, two
damaged bridges and flooded 25 communities.
The Ministry of Social Inclusion distributes
food and shelter to the evacuated families,
for whose attention the government's target
42,566,000 of the funding for weather
emergency.
Given the normalization of weather
conditions, classes resumed on Wednesday
throughout the country. |
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