UN: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need food (click title to entry - thank you)
Posted on Tuesday, 11.10.09
By MARCOS ALEMAN
Associated Press Writer
VERAPAZ, El Salvador -- At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.
Days of heavy rains sent torrents of mud and boulders tumbling on mountainside towns across the Central American country over the weekend. Rescue workers used heavy machinery and shovels to dig through the rubble Tuesday, while survivors helped with any equipment they could get their hands on.
The WFP is helping feed 500 people in shelters in San Vicente, one of the worst-hit provinces, the U.N. agency said in a statement. But it said thousands more would need help in the coming days....
Associated Press Writer
VERAPAZ, El Salvador -- At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after devastating floods and mudslides that damaged crops, destroyed homes and killed 130 people, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday.
Days of heavy rains sent torrents of mud and boulders tumbling on mountainside towns across the Central American country over the weekend. Rescue workers used heavy machinery and shovels to dig through the rubble Tuesday, while survivors helped with any equipment they could get their hands on.
The WFP is helping feed 500 people in shelters in San Vicente, one of the worst-hit provinces, the U.N. agency said in a statement. But it said thousands more would need help in the coming days....
