Talk:2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides

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Some of the information in the first paragraph was inaccurate and came from unreliable sources, so I added sentences with information from two new sources and fixed grammar mistakes from the original paragraph. "The 2009 El Salvador floods and mudslides occurred on November 9, 2009, affecting areas including San Salvador, La Paz, Cuscatlan, Usulatan and San Vicente. The disaster was triggered by a low-pressure system from the Pacific, and flooding from heavy rains caused mud and rock slides that killed approximately 130 people and left 60 missing." Sources: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/09/el.salvador.mudslides/index.html?iref=nextin http://www.nbcnews.com/id/33769740/ns/world_news-americas/t/dozens-dead-el-salvador-flooding-mudslides/#.Vvy1PBMrIzU

One source included under "Meterological history" does not include the information given, and the second source did not exist. I added a new source: http://kindle.worldlibrary.net/articles/2009_El_Salvador_floods_and_mudslides; and reworded the information, fixed grammar errors, and added new information from the new source as well as previous sources.

Some of the information under "Damages" was inaccurate. Other reliable sources state different statistics, and the sources used above cannot be found or don't contain the information included. There were also grammatical errors. I reworded some of the information and added the sentences: "A total of 108 landslides occurred causing 209 buildings to be destroyed and damaging 1,835 more. The floods and mudslides accounted for 130 deaths and 60 people missing." http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/09/el.salvador.mudslides/index.html?iref=nextin

I also added an external link that shows maps of Verapaz, San Salvador, where landslides damaged 300 homes, in respect to the San Vicente volcano. http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2009/11/09/el-salvador-landslide-disaster/

Bfaval3 (talk) 16:20, 31 March 2016 (UTC)