Amanda strikes El Salvador as Bukele completes first year in office
On the last day of Nayib Bukele's first year in office, the first named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, Tropical Storm Amanda, brought floods to El Salvador. Floods and landslides destroyed homes in many areas of the country. Bukele declared a national State of Emergency. Late in the day on Sunday, early tallies of the damage included 14 fatalities, hundreds of homes flooded and at least 1200 in shelters. Particularly hard hit were some communities in San Salvador close to Arenal Monserrat, one of the waterways flowing into the Aceihuate River. Images of the flooding in various areas: Por la zona de la colonia IVU. pic.twitter.com/bepWXlgNq5 — Carlos Cañas Dinarte 🇸🇻 (@ccdinarte2010) May 31, 2020 Mudslides closed the highways to the international airport and in the area of Los Chorros west of San Salvador. Bridges were damaged in many areas. The Las Pavas water purification plant which pumps water from Rio Le...