Bolivia - Floods
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Regional Team: LAC
Disaster Declared: 1/22/2007
Brief Description: Heavy rains caused major rivers to overflow in Bolivia, affecting communities in at
least seven out of the country's nine departments and leading to preventative evacuations in some areas of Santa Cruz
and Tarija departments. The flooding killed more than 17 people, left 3 people missing, and affected at least 94,030
people, according to the Government of Bolivia General Emergency and Aid Directorate. In addition, the heavy rainfall
and resulting flooding caused landslides and road obstructions, isolating some rural communities. On January 20, the
Government of Bolivia declared an emergency and is undertaking needs assessments in the affected areas. The National
Meteorological Service in Bolivia predicted that heavy rains would continue through late February.
On January 22, U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia Philip S. Goldberg declared a disaster due to the effects of the flooding.
In response, OFDA provided $50,000 through USAID/Bolivia to assist communities affected by the floods. OFDA's
senior regional advisor, based in Costa Rica, and a Peru-based OFDA consultant traveled to Bolivia to conduct damage
assessments in coordination with USAID/Bolivia and the Government of Bolivia. In addition, the U.S. Embassy in La Paz
authorized aircraft based in-country with the anti-narcotics program to survey the affected area and deliver relief
materials from a warehouse in Bolivia funded by the U.S. Southern Command's Humanitarian Assistance Program.
FY2007
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