Argentina Announced Flood Catastrophe

World | May 1, 2003, Thursday // 00:00

The authorities in Santa Fe, northern Argentina, have evacuated at least 50,000 people amid the most severe flooding in the province's history. Local officials say that seven people are known to have died in Santa Fe province, with another man dead in neighbouring Entre Rios. Local civil defence officials said in some areas the rivers had risen by as much as 50 centimetres in 12 hours, with the Salado river almost two metres above normal.

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