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June 16, 2005Article: Guatemala MudslideGuatemala mudslide kills at least 21 people A huge mudslide killed at least 21 people when it buried houses and cars in a Guatemalan highland town, and the government fears more may be dead. Torrential rain pushed thousands of tonnes of mud and rocks down a hill above the town of San Antonio Senahu, northeast of the capital, on Wednesday night. "The reports are worrying," President Oscar Berger told national radio as he traveled to the town on Thursday. Officials said at least 45 people were injured and an unspecified number are unaccounted for. Benedicto Giron of Guatemala's disaster prevention network, Conred, said the death toll could rise much higher. "Many houses are destroyed and if many houses are destroyed, there could be many more victims," Benedicto Giron of Guatemala's disaster prevention network, Conred, told Reuters. "Because of the magnitude of the mudslide, we fear that more people are buried," he told Reuters. A rescue worker at the scene told local radio that the force of the mudslide buried 21 homes and dragged several cars into the town square. Guatemala is at the height of its rainy season. Heavy rain continued to fall on the town on Thursday afternoon but authorities played down the risk of further landslides. Relief services were unable to reach the town until dawn on Thursday due to power outages, communications failures and another mudslide that blocked an access road. A mudslide buried 10 houses and killed at least 14 people in the same town five years ago. San Antonio Senahu is in the Central American nation's coffee growing region of Alta Verapaz. [Reuters] Tags: Guatemala, news, mudslide Posted by elcanche at June 16, 2005 02:52 PMComments
So much pain, loss, and fear of what might happen. CA has had horrible mud slides, an earthquake, fires, etc.... When is anybody safe from nature? Other parts of the world with their own pain and horrible tradegies. It will never end. One can only hope that we try to live life as one can be proud or honored by. Not by wealth and worldy goods, but by family, friends, being at peace with oneself can help others that need peace or guidance. We can't always control what happens, but we can control how those living through are helped. You are one of those special people Rob. Never forget it. Just do what you have always done, being who you are, will help people. Sometimes, when you don't even know that you have helped. Trust me. love and prayers. sis Posted by: Vicki at June 16, 2005 09:05 PM |
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