mudslides

Death toll in southern Mexico mudslides up to 32 (AP)

September 30th, 2010

Soldiers, police officers and residents search for victims after a landslide Santa Maria de Tlahuitoltepec, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. A mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left 11 missing and there are no confirmed deaths, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - A rain-soaked hillside crumbled and crushed an elderly couple in their home Thursday, and rescuers found more bodies buried by earlier landslides, raising the death toll from a…

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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