El Salvador post flood hunger
Published:Wednesday | November 11, 2009 | 8:50 AM
About 10,000 people in El Salvador are in need of food aid after devastating floods washed away crops.
Three days of national mourning are being held following the deaths of at least 140 people in the floods.
Thousands are living in shelters as a result of the disaster and large parts of the country are without electricity and clean water.
The areas around the Capital, San Salvador, and the central province of San Vicente were the hardest hit and President Mauricio Funes has declared a national state of emergency.
At least 49 of the dead are believed to be children.
The UN World Food Programme said the torrential rains washed away crops across the region, leaving thousands of survivors to face the dangerous lack of a stable food supply.
It hopes to deliver 90 tonnes of aid to the area in the coming days.