Photo is From El Deber. Excerpts pertaining Bolivia from The New Daily follow: Massive sinkholes swallow cars in Italy, Bolivia … Meanwhile, two women have narrowly escaped death after their car plunged into an enormous sinkhole in Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s largest city. The incident happened early in the morning on a major thoroughfare as the…
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Heavy rainfall in Bolivia: Likely overflows of 14 rivers
El Diario reports: Orange alert Likely overflows of 14 rivers • The flood of rivers would occur in Beni, Cochabamba and La Paz The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service (Senamhi) launched an orange-level hydrological alert for the rainfall of considerable magnitude that is occurring in the Mamoré basins, the upper basin of the Beni river….
Santa Cruz: Heavy Rains Leave Parts of Bolivia’s Largest City Underwater
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Undeniable, weather has changed! Over 19 hours of continuous rain and Santa Cruz de la Sierra was under red alert … what can we do if anything? keep streets clean, do not allow garbage to collapse our sewage system and canals. That is what we can do! Latin American Herald Tribune reports…
Repsol reports oil spill in Chuquisaca
Pagina Siete reports: Repsol reports oil spill in Chuquisaca According to the report of the governor of Chuquisaca, the leak would have affected two or three people living in the area of the accident. The governor of Chuquisaca, Esteban Urquizu, reported yesterday [04/06/2017], that there was an oil spill in the community of Rosario del…
ABC attends emergency on roads with landslides
El Dia reports: Chuquisaca ABC attends emergency on roads with landslides The regional manager of the Bolivian Highway Administration (ABC), María Flores, informed yesterday that all the emergencies that originated from the heavy rainfall of the last days were conjured opportunely. “During the night of March 31 and at dawn on April 1, ABC Chuquisaca…
Three Camargo communities disappear because of floods
El Dia reports: Three Camargo communities disappear because of floods The authorities of the municipality have not yet been able to specify the number of families affected. Camargo’s Mayor Valentín Cruz said on Friday that three communities in the 11 and 14 districts of that municipality had disappeared because of the floods and announced that…
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