A man navigates a flooded road, outside a home in Villa Paranacito, Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Argentine Red Cross estimates more than 30,000 people have been affected by the flooding, with more than 2,000 evacuated after rain swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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VILLA PARANACITO, Argentina (AP) - Water levels in the flooded town of Villa Paranacito have risen so much that the best way for residents to commute is by boat.
The town in eastern Argentina is one of the worst-struck by weeks of heavy rains stemming from the El Nino weather phenomenon. With streets covered by several feet of water from swollen rivers, residents are getting to schools, banks and other town services on boats, the only means of transportation.
Authorities have evacuated thousands of people across Argentina. Flood waters have reached grazing grounds, drowning livestock in the leading meat producing country. They have also swamped about a third of Argentina's soy farms, causing big losses to one of the world's top grains suppliers.
Argentina's Rural Society said Thursday that about 4 million metric tons of soy had been ruined. The losses are estimated at up to $1.3 billion.
Soybean prices at the Chicago Board of Trade fell Friday, after rising for weeks to nearly a one year-high on growing concerns about the damaged crops in Argentina, which is the world's No. 3 soy exporter.
People row boats on a flooded street of Villa Paranacito, Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Argentine Red Cross estimates that around 30,000 people have been affected after rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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A cow stands beside the road in Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. Animals in the country side are suffering from starvation in several Argentine provinces after the rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Margaret Chozza stands outside her house on the flooded town of Villa Paranacito, Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Argentine Red Cross estimates that around 30,000 people have been affected after rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Two women row a boat on a flooded street of Villa Paranacito, Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Argentine Red Cross estimates that around 30,000 people have been affected after rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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A horse and geese stand outside a house on a flooded farm in Villa Paranacito, Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. Animals in the country side are suffering from starvation in several Argentine provinces after the rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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A house is seen flooded at the countryside in Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Argentine Red Cross estimates that around 30,000 people have been affected after rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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A dog stands outside a house on the flooded town of Villa Paranacito, Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. The Argentine Red Cross estimates that around 30,000 people have been affected after rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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Cows stand in a flooded road in Entre Rios, Argentina, Thursday, April 28, 2016. Animals in the country side are suffering from starvation in several Argentine provinces after the rains swelled rivers, swamping fields and towns nationwide.(AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
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