More than 1,500 evacuated in Uruguay due to floods


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Published at: 18/03/2024 03:30 PM
This Sunday, Uruguay's National
Emergency System (SINAE) confirmed that 1,561 people have been
displaced by floods in various areas of the South American country.
In this regard, he explained that most of the displaced
are in southern Uruguay: San José with 582; Florida with
259; Paysandú 223; and Canelones 162.
In addition, SINAE reported
that 1,418 electricity services
are still interrupted out of the 19,000 initially affected and 21 road
cuts.
According to the
news agency Xinhua, the Uruguayan Institute of Meteorology (INUMET) indicated that for
Monday and Tuesday, precipitation and storms are expected in some of the
areas affected by the floods.
Mazo News Team