Massive flooding in five regions in El Salvador has taken the lives of 124 people, with reports of deaths still coming in as the country struggles to cope. Some 7,000 homes have been damaged. The hardest hit areas appear to be San Salvador, the capital, and San Vicente province in the centre of the country. The floods, bringing mudslides, came after days of heavy rains. The Independent reported in 2005, after heavy flooding that year, that deforestation has left the country vulnerable to major flood damage.

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