Editing El Salvador (section)

====Extreme weather events====
El Salvador's position on the Pacific Ocean also makes it subject to severe weather conditions, including heavy rainstorms and severe droughts, both of which may be made more extreme by the [[El Niño]] and [[La Niña]] effects.<ref>[http://cdkn.org/2013/12/el-salvador-builds-resilience-in-face-of-a-stormy-future/?loclang=en_gb El Salvador builds resilience in the face of a stormy future] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101000032/http://cdkn.org/2013/12/el-salvador-builds-resilience-in-face-of-a-stormy-future/?loclang=en_gb |date=1 January 2016 }} [[Climate & Development Knowledge Network]], 24 December 2013</ref> Hurricanes occasionally form in the Pacific with the notable exception of [[Hurricane Mitch]], which formed in the Atlantic and crossed Central America.

In the summer of 2001 a severe drought destroyed 80% of El Salvador's crops, causing famine in the countryside.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/elsalvador/photo6.html|title=Photo Essay: El Salvador, the Makings of a Gangland|publisher=Pbs.org|date=11 July 2006|access-date=2 May 2010|archive-date=16 April 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416015450/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/shows/elsalvador/photo6.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiu.edu/~oberbaue/el_salvador.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702202332/http://www.fiu.edu/~oberbaue/el_salvador.pdf|archive-date=2 July 2007|title=El Salvador|work=Fiu.edu|access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> On 4 October 2005, severe rains resulted in dangerous flooding and landslides, which caused at least 50 deaths.<ref name="tdfiyp"/>