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May, 2007.- Durazno, Mercedes
and Treinta y Tres are some of the cities that were affected by the
flooding.
The Uruguayan
Methodist Church has congregation in two of these affected cities. And it
has began a solidarity campaign by the Crandon Institute of Montevideo to
help the people of these cities. Read the following report:
Uruguay has declared
a national disaster after flooding forced the evacuation of thousands of
people and caused millions of dollars in losses.
Some 12,000 people
have been forced from their homes since heavy rains that began last week
causing rivers to overflow from their banks across much of the country.
Flooding was most
severe in the central city of Durazno, where half of those forced from
their homes were located - some 20 percent of Durazno's population.
But many other areas
as well as roads and bridges have been cut off, and water, power and
telephone links brought down.
The floods have
wrecked homes, businesses and crops, causing endless financial losses.
"We'll have to wait
for the waters to go down to make an estimate of the damages," Vice
Minister of Transportation and Public Works Luis Lazo told the newspaper
Ultimas Noticias.
The disaster
declaration will allow the government to release USD 45m in emergency
funds, but the government was to seek help as well from the Inter-American
Development Bank and the UN Development Program, officials said.
Taken from:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=9448§ionid=3510207
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