By Prensa Latina,
Washington : Dozens of communities in the US Middle West are still in danger of flooding, because of the overflows of the Mississippi River and affluents due to the rains of the last two weeks.
The overflows of the Mississippi River left 24 dead and forced the authorities to evacuate 35,000 people, as much as the waters started to rise and threatened to cover several towns in the states of Illinois, Iowa and Missouri.
Thousands of families were forced to leave their homes and found their dwellings destroyed when they came back, together with their belongings.
The New York Times regarded this as the worst natural catastrophe in the US since Hurricane Katrina swept the south of the country in 2005.
Ruins of houses, businesses, schools, hospitals, churches and government offices were affected by the floods, leaving a load of garbish that has not been picked up, because of the lack of machinery.
Electronic equipment, furniture and other items deteriorated by the waters will join the rubble from hundreds of wooden houses which should be demolished.
Owners and settlers from those houses did not ensure their properties in hundreds of cases, trusting the promises given by the Federal Agency for Emergency Control that the dams would stop the overflows.
Sanitary authorities showed concern for the contamination of water and the appearing of diseases. That is why they adviced all those live in the affected zones to be aware on hepatitis or tetanus outbreaks.