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El Salvador death toll jumps to 124 (UPDATE)

Other News Materials 9 November 2009 06:16 (UTC +04:00)

The death toll from flooding and mudslides in El Salvador triggered by the passage of Hurricane Ida jumped to 124 people, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes said in a national radio broadcast, Reuters reported.

Funes described the disaster as "a tragedy" and said the damage sustained by the Central American country was "incalculable."

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