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Argentina: Flood: 2003/05/01 Country Information on DRR

Period 2003/05/01
Country or District Argentina
Event Type Flood
Outline Argentina floods displace 100,000 and seven dead, three missing after days of rain.
Summary
Human Impact Physical Impact 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.