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Mudslide kills dozens in Guatemala

By on October 3, 2015
Guatemala mudslide

Guatemala mudslide

San Ignacio town, CAYO. Saturday, October 3, 2015. Close to five dozen Guatemalans are dead following a massive landslide in a community on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Guatemala.

Rescue workers are frantically digging through mounds of earth and rubble to try and reach those still trapped by the mudslide, which happened on Thursday night in Santa Catarina Pinula.

Hundreds of people remain missing and unaccounted for.

Guatemala mudslide

Guatemala mudslide

Television reports from Guatemala show rescue workers, firemen and neighbors digging through the mud, some of them listening with their ear to the ground to listen for signs of life beneath.

Preliminary reports are that some homes may have been buried under as much as 50 feet of mud.

The last time that a tragedy of this magnitude hit Guatemala was in 2005 when heavy rainfall triggered another landslide, at that time in the remote village Panabaj.

Many of the bodies from that disaster were never recovered.

Presidential candidate Jimmy Morales has gone to Santa Catarina Pinula to survey the damage first hand.

One Comment

  1. MNHG

    October 3, 2015 at 10:39 pm

    “Presidential candidate Jimmy Morales has gone to Santa Catarina Pinula to survey the damage first hand.”
    ATTIENDE TUS PROBLEMAS JIMMY MORALES, I DEJA DE ENGANIAR A TU PUEBLO CON ILLUSIONES DE ENTREGARLES A BELIZE COMO REGALO DE NAVIDAD !!!
    NO SEAAS BOBO Y ESTUPIDO !!!

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