Guatemala landslides bury hundreds

[Turborama]

Source: Al Jazeera English

After dozens were killed on Saturday, a fresh landslide overnight may have buried up to 300 people in a small town.

Last Modified: 05 Sep 2010 15:19 GMT -

An overnight landslide caused by flooding may have buried up to 300 people in the small town Guatemalan town of Alaska, the town's mayor has reportedly said.

The government, meanwhile, estimates that up to 150 were buried.

Unrelenting rains and severe weather have lashed Guatemala, leaving at least 22 people dead over the past two days, in what the country's president has called a "national tragedy".

Twelve people were killed, and another dozen injured on Saturday when a rain-triggered landslide buried a bus on a major highway near central Chimaltenango city.

Read more: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/09/20109504110783907.html

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[Judi Lynn]

1. 38 Killed In Mudslides On Guatemalan Highway

38 Killed In Mudslides On Guatemalan Highway
Scores More Remain Missing, Officials Say
MOISES CASTILLO, Associated Press Writer

Posted: 10:54 am EDT September 5, 2010
Updated: 1:01 pm EDT September 5, 2010

NAHUALA, Guatemala -- Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused mudslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala - most of them in separate disasters along the same highway.

In the village of Nahuala, rescue crews on Sunday searched through mud and rocks for bodies after two landslides in the same spot killed at least 20 people along a highway leading northwest of the capital toward Mexico.

A slide Saturday afternoon had trapped vehicles at kilometer 171 of the Inter-American highway, and some of the people who came to rescue them were themselves caught by a second slide, officials reported.

"Under the earth there is a bus that carried we don't know how many people, and there are those who tried to help the victims of the first slide," regional fire department Maj. Otto Mazariegos said.

Rescue workers have recovered 20 bodies from that site, said fire department spokesman Jose Rodriguez. He said at least 60 people are missing.

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[dipsydoodle]

2. That's just terrible

:(

[sabrina 1]

3. Oh, how awful! What is it with all these disasters?

So many in such a short amount of time. Poor people, what a horrible way to die. :cry:

[Vehl]

4. This is really sad :( nt