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Argentina:Flood:2003/05/01

Duration	2003/05/01	Argentina floods displace 100,000 and seven dead, three missing after days of rain.
Country or District	Argentina
Name	Flood

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
OCHA Situation Report No.5 2003/05/12
Dead: 23 people Missing: 600 people Affected: 140,000 people	Damaged: 28,000 houses (some 4,000 unrecoverable)

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Report/Articles OCHA Situation Report No.5 2003/05/12 23 dead, 600 people reported missing Reuters Alertnet 2003/05/10 Hundreds of people are still unaccounted for a week after record floods hit Argentina's farming heartland, the death toll could surge from 22. BBC news 2003/05/07 More than 1,700 people are missing. OCHA Situation Report No.3 2003/05/06 22 persons have been confirmed dead, and 900 persons have officially been reported missing. BBC news 2003/05/04 Argentina floods kill 18 OCHA Situation Report No.2 2003/05/03 9 dead confirmed and 100,000 persons officially reported as evacuated. CNN News 2003/05/02 Atleast 29,000 people were in 115 official shelters, but they estimated another 90,000 residents had been displaced and were staying with relatives.

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