Casualties and injuries in five of the nine Bolivian departments
(ANSA) – LA PAZ, 22 DEC – A wave of bad weather that coincided with the start of the wet season has for the moment caused the death of 14 people in Bolivia and damage to the homes of thousands of people.
In an interview with the radio Exito, the Deputy Minister of Civil Defense, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, specified that the first nine fatal victims of recent days due to heavy rains and the overflow of rivers, have now been joined by another five resulting from accidents related the impracticability of road communication routes.
The emergency, he finally said, affects five of the nine Bolivian departments, while, according to reports from the Civil Protection, the destruction or damage of numerous homes has forced thousands of people to move to emergency shelters set up in various locations. (HANDLE).