Recently in El Salvador, hurricane ‘Ida’ was moving through El Salvador between 6 and 8 November. Hurricane 'Ida' killed 200 people and 18 are still missing. Approximately 15,000 people are now homeless, 80 schools have been damaged and crops , roads, parts of the electricity and water supply networks, communications and healthcare services have been destroyed.
The country has estimated that more than 1 billion dollars will be needed to repair the damage and come up with a reconstruction and risk reduction plan because El Salvador's vulnerability to earthquakes.
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