Ecobreves – ARGENTINA: Thousands Homeless Months After Flood

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BUENOS AIRES, Aug 11 2003 (IPS) - At least 85,000 people were affected by the late April floods in the northeastern Argentine province of Santa Fe, and some 12,000 lost their homes, according to the provincial government's reports. The figures come from the Institute of Statistics and Censuses three months after the disaster caused by the flooding of the Salado River, sweeping through a third of the provincial capital that is home to some 400,000 people.

Official reports record 24 deaths, and non-governmental groups say some 30 people disappeared.

Thousands of evacuees continue to live in “uninhabitable conditions” of overcrowding in areas lacking sanitation, reported the organization Medicos del Mundo (Doctors of the World) this month.