Thousands displaced by flooding in Bolivia

Heavy rain and overflowing rivers have impacted nearly 10,000 families in Bolivia.

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00:00 Let's see what's going on around our world. And we begin in northern Bolivia, where thousands

00:05 have been chased from their homes amid dangerous flooding. In the Bolivian Amazon, the city

00:11 of Cobiha was dealing with unprecedented flooding caused by heavy rains. With that, a river

00:18 on the border of Brazil has also overflowed, causing even more flooding. The rainy season

00:24 in Bolivia, which began in December, has so far left 40 people dead and nearly 10,000

00:30 families affected, according to the government.

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