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64,000 households have been destroyed or damaged according to the world health organization. small waterways that crisscross are sometimes open sewers, overflows. residents are resorting to shovels to paddle through the murky flood waters. >> referee: >> translator: the water used to come up to our knees, now it's up to our chests. now i have three canoes. the government is waiting for the water to recede before they build a bridge. >> reporter: flooding is common this time of year, but today it's up 6 meters, submerging ports along the river, a situation unlike anything many have seen in their lifetimes. >> translator: we've lived in this neighborhood since we were children, it's the first time since we were born we've experienced this situation.