Floods Leave 8,000 Without Shelter in the State of Amazonas
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Title: Floods Leave 8,000 Without Shelter in the State of Amazonas
Source: Folha de Sao Paulo
Status: Copyright 1999, contact source for permission to reprint
Date: May 22, 1999
In the worst flooding of the decade in the basin of the Salimoes
River, Amazonas, nearly 8,000 people are without shelter in ten
cities declared to be disaster areas. Four persons have already died
in the month of May due to the flooding. The rains have been
constant since April, and have affected areas around the Negro and
Salimoes Rivers, including the capital of Manaus. Help is slow in
coming to affected areas due to the principal means of transportation
in many of the areas: boat.