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Weakened Matthew soaks southern Mexico, Guatemala (AP)

September 26th, 2010

Children play in floodwaters in the Potrerillo neighborhood of Cortes, Honduras, Saturday Sept. 25, 2010. Tropical Storm Matthew caused flooding and thousands to evacuate. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)AP - The remnants of Tropical Storm Matthew drenched parts of Central America and southern Mexico on Sunday, a day after it weakened to a tropical depression.


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Death toll rises to 45 in Guatemala mudslides (AP)

September 6th, 2010

Rescue workers look for survivors at a mudslide area in Nahuala, western Guatemala, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. At least 38 people were killed after torrential rains caused mudslides in different areas of the country, injuring 20 others and leaving over 60 people missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and then the people trying to save them. The deaths raised…

Death toll 45 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing (AP)

September 6th, 2010

Rescue workers look for survivors at a mudslide area in Nahuala, western Guatemala, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. At least 38 people were killed after torrential rains caused mudslides in different areas of the country, injuring 20 others and leaving over 60 people missing. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides raise Guatemala’s…

Death toll 44 in Guatemala mudslides; more missing (AP)

September 6th, 2010

Residents carry a coffin containing the remains of a mudslide victim to be buried in Santa Maria Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, Sunday Sept. 5, 2010. Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Searchers on Monday pulled more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and people trying to save them. Yet more mudslides helped raise Guatemala’s…

Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)

September 5th, 2010

People stand in front of a bus partially covered by a landslide, due to heavy rains, on the Pan-American highway at Tecpan, Guatemala, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. At least 12 passengers were killed and around 25 injured, rescue workers said. (AP Photo)AP - 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.


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Guatemala mudslides kill at least 28; 2 buses hit (AP)

September 5th, 2010

People stand in front of a bus partially covered by a landslide, due to heavy rains, on the Pan-American highway at Tecpan, Guatemala, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. At least 12 passengers were killed and around 25 injured, rescue workers said. (AP Photo)AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused mudslides that have killed at least 28 people in Guatemala — most of them in separate disasters along the same highway.


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Cavernous Guatemala sinkhole prompts evacuations (AP)

June 10th, 2010

AP - A massive sinkhole that gulped down a clothing factory and an entire intersection in Guatemala’s capital is mystifying geologists who have yet to figure out what caused it.

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Agatha leaves at least 12 dead in Guatemala (AP)

May 30th, 2010

A man carries a child under heavy rains of tropical storm Agatha in Patulul, Guatemala, Saturday, May 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Torrential rains brought by the first tropical storm of the 2010 season pounded Guatemala and southern Mexico, triggering deadly landslides. The death toll stood at 12 early Sunday…

1st tropical storm of season kills 12 in Guatemala (AP)

May 30th, 2010

A man carries a child under heavy rains of tropical storm Agatha in Patulul, Guatemala, Saturday, May 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - The first tropical storm of the 2010 season hit the Pacific coastline of Guatemala and Mexico on Saturday, killing 12 people under landslides and rockfall triggered by torrential…

1st tropical storm of season drenches Guatemala (AP)

May 29th, 2010

Boys run during rains in Amatitlan, south of Guatemala City on Saturday May 29, 2010. Guatemalans mopping up after a huge volcanic eruption are bracing for torrential rains that can turn ash into cement-like mud as Tropical Storm Agatha rolls their way. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)AP - Tropical Storm Agatha, the first of the season, hit the Pacific coastline of Guatemala and Mexico on Saturday, killing four people when a boulder loosened by heavy rains…

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