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A WEEK OF heavy rains across Central America have caused landslides, floods and bridge collapses that have left at least 84 people dead, according to authorities.
Nine others are missing.
El Salvador’s director of civil protection, Jorge Melendez, said the rain will continue until at least Wednesday because of the presence of two low pressure systems in the area.
The amount of rain over the last week exceeds the cumulative record of Hurricane Mitch, which devastated the region in 1998, killing 11,000 people, Melendez said.
El Salvador and Nicaragua declared natural disasters yesterday.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom reached out to congress to speed budget decisions to funnel money for the affected.
In El Salvador, 32 people have been killed because of the rains, while Guatemala added 31 fatalities. Another 13 people were killed in Honduras, and Nicaragua’s First Lady and spokesman Rosario Murillo said eight have died in Nicaragua.
The United Nations estimates that 100,000 people have been affected by the flooding, and has classed Central America to be of one the parts of the globe most heavily affected by climate change.
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#3 and #4 sum up perfectly what is wrong with this counry. Noel Harrington is claiming expenses amounting to more than double the average industrial wage. And the front line guards are being cut to fund this.
I agree 100% with you. It honestly makes me sick. I was driving from Galway to Limerick for work for 2 years, costing me a hundred euro every week. I was earning 26k at the time. It’s such bull sh1t these fellas on 100k a yr get expenses just to come to work! And the unvouched 15 k they get keeps me awake at night. Anyway feck it it’s Fridat. Rant over:-(
It’s absurd. I pay my own way to work… these TDs are no doubt on huge salaries, they should be paying their own way to work too…
Well, I’m goin on the piss. Have a nice weekend.
Enjoy,and if you give the Healy-Ray family a shout they will send a driver around to bring you home.
The whole island is an open prison.
*Friday*
Do they mean all the prisoners have escaped from the Dail?
Biggest open prison in Dublin.
Full of gangsters.
have your say