At least 3 people, including 2 children, died due to flood recorded in Bolivia over the weekend and eight meters high and affected approximately 1,800 families.
Cotagaita Mayor Daniel Llanos told the Bolivian news portal Erbol that the dead were washed away in rivers. One boy was three years old and one girl was eight years old. The third death is an adult female. While noting that “a similar flood has never been seen”, he said that village families suffered a lot. they lost their production This allowed them to eat daily.
Bolivian President Luis Arce announced the mobilization of search and rescue teams to “find missing persons” and assist the families of 25 affected communities. “We receive with deep sadness the news of human loss due to the major natural disaster that occurred in the Cotagaita municipality of Potosi. You are not alone!” said. While expressing solidarity and regret for the “irreparable loss of human life”, he noted that he was coordinating the care of the affected families and sending four emergency medical brigades, a batch of medicines and eight tons of humanitarian aid.