Heavy rains, flooding in Bolivia kill at least 12 this month

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Heavy rains successful Bolivia this period person killed astatine slightest 12 people, flooded crops and damaged roads, according to authorities.

Rainfall levels person surpassed records, and 7 of Bolivia’s 9 provinces person declared alerts for rainfall and flooding. The rainy play has conscionable begun and it lasts until March.

Most of the radical who person died were swept distant by overflowing rivers, according to the Vice Ministry of Civil Defense.

Some houses successful La Paz person collapsed during dense rains. Dozens of families were forced to evacuate their homes due to the fact that of the deluge successful parts of Cochabamba province.

Marisol Portugal of the National Meteorology and Hydrology Service attributed the downpours to the La Niña upwind phenomenon, which is causing much rainfall successful the cardinal Andes.