Extreme rainfall in Bolivia in January 2014

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In January 2014 , an extreme precipitation event occurred in Bolivia , in the course of which 45 people died.

The rainy season, which began in October 2013, was one of the strongest ever. In the city of Rurrenabaque , 243 mm of rain fell on January 25th, of which 142 mm fell within 6 hours. Over the entire month of January, Rurrenabaque had 867 mm of rain compared to the climatological mean, 2.5 times the amount of precipitation. The Bolivian National Meteorological Office triggered the red alert on January 24th for the following departments : Santa Cruz , La Paz , Cochabamba and Beni . The Beni department was hit hardest, with ten deaths reported, followed by La Paz and Cochabamba. There was a lack of drinking water, medicines and tents in the affected regions. The Bolivian armed forces used planes to service cut off areas. The President of Bolivia declared a state of emergency on January 27th. The government provided emergency aid of $ 3.5 million on January 29, 2014.

303 schools were closed and around 700 buildings and numerous roads and bridges were damaged. Around 100,000 cattle were hit by the storm and 6,000 hectares of grain cultivation area - 0.2% of the area used for this in Bolivia - were destroyed.

Individual evidence

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