Christoph
01-03-07, 20:52
President Evo Morales officially declared months of deadly flooding a national disaster, committing some US$50 million (euro38 million) to the crisis that killed 35 people and affected some 72,000 families.
"The situation is very dramatic,'' Morales said at a news conference in La Paz Wednesday after a helicopter trip over the wide stretch of the country's eastern lowlands that is still underwater. "There were houses out there in the rural areas where there wasn't even anywhere to land a helicopter and drop off food and medicine.''
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http://thestaronline.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/1/apworld/20070301103007&sec=apworld
"The situation is very dramatic,'' Morales said at a news conference in La Paz Wednesday after a helicopter trip over the wide stretch of the country's eastern lowlands that is still underwater. "There were houses out there in the rural areas where there wasn't even anywhere to land a helicopter and drop off food and medicine.''
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http://thestaronline.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/3/1/apworld/20070301103007&sec=apworld