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Friday, 23 February 2007, 16:46 GMT

In pictures: Bolivian floods

A woman wades through flooded streets in Trinidad, Bolivia

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Bolivia is suffering its worst floods in 25 years, officials say. Up to 40 people are believed to have died.

Aerial view of flooded Trinidad

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Most of the north-eastern province of Beni, and its capital Trinidad (pictured), are under water.

People navigate the flooded streets of Trinidad in a boat

People navigate the flooded streets of Trinidad in a boat

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Thousands of people have fled in canoes from their flooded homes in Trinidad.

A woman in a flooded house in Taruma, near Santa Cruz

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More than 350,000 people have been affected by the floods across the country.

A man carries a rooster outside his flooded house in Taruma, near Santa Cruz

A man carries a rooster outside his flooded house in Taruma, near Santa Cruz

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The high waters have damaged tens of thousands of homes, devastated large areas of crops and killed thousands of domestic and farm animals.

A boy wades through the water in Trinidad

A boy wades through the water in Trinidad

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The UN has launched an international appeal for emergency aid for those who have been displaced.

People carry their possessions through the water in Taruma, near Santa Cruz

People carry their possessions through the water in Taruma, near Santa Cruz

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The floods have been caused by two months of heavy rains, blamed on El Nino, the occasional seasonal warming of parts of the Pacific Ocean.

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