Flooding in Paraguay's capital Asuncion has mainly affected the working class neighborhoods on the city outskirts. AFP PHOTO

ASUNCION: More than 20,000 families across Paraguay have been affected by severe flooding from two weeks of heavy rain that caused the country's main river to burst its banks, a senior official said Wednesday as an emergency was declared in the capital.

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