Still raining.....

This is an article from the Latin American Herald Tribune.
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=364702&CategoryId=23558

Rains Leave 5 Dead in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY – At least five people dead, eight missing and hundreds of homes damaged and flooded made up part of the harm done by a weather system that hit Guatemala over the weekend, authorities said Monday.

The disaster-response agency, Conred, said in its latest report that one person died, four were injured and three have gone missing in the western province of Sacatepequez.

Meanwhile in the eastern province of Chiquimula a strong current of water caused the death of two people, and another four have disappeared.

At the same time in the northern province of Alta Verapaz a mudslide caused the death of two minors last weekend.

In the southern municipality of Villa Canales one person went missing in the rain-swollen river.

Conred said that the incessant rains that have affected the entire country made a bridge collapse Sunday that spanned the Montagua River providing a crossing between Guatemala and Honduras.

The agency said that the rains have caused some 30 mudslides and sinkholes on several highways and have flooded more than a score of communities in the nation’s interior.

More than 650 homes have been damaged by the rains and 3,614 people have been evacuated to 54 shelters, which have been supplied with some 250 tons of food and humanitarian aid.

Conred warned that due to the amount of water soaking the ground and the continuous rains in Guatemala, floods and mudslides are likely to continue throughout the country. EFE