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Sunday, 19 December, 1999, 21:22 GMT
In pictures: Venezuela's flood chaos
The army has been mobilised to help the rescue operation - President Hugo Chavez briefs paratroopers before they go into action.
A paratrooper carries a baby after the child and its mother were evacuated by air to Caracas.
Even when houses were left standing, streets were often swept away.
Others were evacuated by sea - survivors wait on the beach at Caraballeda in Vargas state to board a ship.
Vargas state was the hardest hit by the flooding - in Macuto, entire districts were destroyed, leaving only a few taller buildings standing.
People are still arriving in Caracas, as the death toll continues to rise.
The capital itself did not escape the destruction - a man in Caracas stands outside what used to be his house |
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