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Most of Bolivia Flooded

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Watch this video about major floods in Bolivia on HowStuffWorks. It is a national disaster - the majority of Bolivia is now underwater. Bolivian officials report 375,000 people have now been affected, and aid workers estimate 115,000 of those are children. The U.N. warns if the agriculture sector is not quickly rebuilt, most of the refugees will go hungry in the coming winter.

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