Heavy rains a mixed blessing for Latin America
China DailyBy JIMENA ESTEBAN in Buenos Aires, Argentina | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-07-01 10:39 A general view shows the remains of a house where a family survived a landslide caused by heavy rains in Santiago Texacuangos, El Salvador June 21, 2024. Deadly storms and heavy rains in the past week caused chaos across Latin America, but it also brought a temporary relief to Mexico where the country's capital was close to running out of water. The Cutzamala system takes water from the Cutzamala River for distribution to the Mexico City Metropolitan Area and the Valley of Toluca Metropolitan Area. Eleven people, with the majority children, have died in El Salvador since June 15 in the torrential rains that ravaged Central America's Pacific Coast over the past week. In El Salvador, for example, the storms highlighted vulnerabilities in the early warning systems and the reality that the country is vulnerable to hazards, such as flooding and landslides, once rainfall surpasses 600 mm, said Luis Alonso Amaya, director general of El Salvador's civil protection system.
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