More than 10,000 flee floods in northern Argentina

More than 10,000 people in the northern Argentine province of Salta have fled their homes after the Pilcomayo River burst its banks, causing extensive flooding.

More than 10,000 people in the northern Argentine province of Salta have fled their homes after the Pilcomayo River burst its banks, causing extensive flooding.

Salta is home to several of Argentina’s remaining indigenous communities.

 

Al Jazeera’s Daniel Schweimler reports from Santa Victoria, near Argentina’s borders with Bolivia and Paraguay.