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Bolivia

More floods in Bolivia

Bolivia has been hit again by floods affecting 1,300 families in the provinces of Santacruz and Cochabanba. Experts fear that landslides may now follow and the Bolivian Red Cross is on the alert. The Bolivian Red Cross with the support of the Federation and the Peruvian, Spanish and German Red Cross Societies, is also involved in rehabilitation and relief activities in the flood-affected areas. In the capital La Paz, where 63 people died in floods last month, life is returning to normal