Скачать или смотреть Bolivia declares emergency after floods affects several regions, killing 40 people

(28 Feb 2024)

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Cobija, Bolivia - 28 February 2024
1. Overflowing river covering an international bridge between Bolivia and Brazil
2. Houses underwater
3. Various of flooded town
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Andi Foreman, mason:
"This is the first time the water has risen since 2015. That time it reached almost half the house and now it's even more."
5. Soldiers pulling a boat with woman and her belongings
6. Various of flooded area
7. Belongings stored in a gym as shelter
8. Various of people in shelter
9. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Bernardina Veyuma, resident:
"If I should have any possibility, I would go to any other place where water doesn't reach. It's difficult to be like to be like this. (The army) is happily bringing people to here, but we have to beg them to take us there. And the water is all dirty; we also need to go there to clean it. God save us."
10. Various of people in shelter
11. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Carolina Araujo, resident:
"Before this flood I was very optimist and I thought I was not going to happen in other ten or fifteen years, even thinking there will not be another flood again. But after the flood last year and then this year again I'm now thinking is better to leave the area and establish ourselves in another place. Then we won't have problems and we can expect something else from life."
12. Various of flood
13. Various of flooded town ++ MUTE ++
STORYLINE:
The Bolivian government declared a disaster after floods across the country killed 40 people and forced more than 500 families to evacuate in the Amazonic region.

An overflowing Acre river has almost covered the international bridge between Bolivia and Brazil, and residents in the area have been forced to use boats for transportation.

Houses are underwater, and their residents are scrambling to salvage their belongings.

Others are guarding their houses in fear the situation may lead to looting.

Resident Carolina Araujo said after two years of consecutive flooding, she is considering leaving Cobija and search a safer place to live.

"Then we won't have problems and we can expect something else from life," she said.

Rainfall in February has been the largest in Bolivia over decades, and the weather authorities estimate it will continue until March.

AP Video by Carlos Guerrero

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