The heavy rains in El Salvador between Saturday, November 7 and Sunday, November 8 (2009) due to hurricane Ida and the low pressure area in the Pacific Ocean has resulted in 196 deaths, 78 missing people, and 7,773 people forced to live in 83 different shelters. Due to the mud slides resulting from the heavy rain, 1,487 homes have been damaged and of these, 288 were completely destroyed, 291 were partially damaged, and 908 are at risk of more damage.
The departments most affected by Ida were San Vicente, especially the municipalities of Verapaz, Tepetitán, and Guadalupe, as well as the departments of La Libertad and La Paz.
Habitat for Humanity El Salvador is working to determine the extent of the damage in the affected areas and to create a Plan of Attention for this disaster to begin the reconstruction of permanent housing. We hope to give a quick response to the families that have been left without decent housing. The personnel of Habitat for Humanity organized a food drive to help the displaced families and these donations were delivered to the municipality of Guadalupe in the San Vicente department.
The above was copied directly from Habitat for Humanity: El Salvador website:
http://www.habitatelsalvador.org.sv/english/noticiasEng.htm
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