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Guatemala landslide toll reaches 253 dead, 374 missing

2015-10-09 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: At least 253 bodies have been recovered after a massive landslide buried part of a town in Guatemala last week, with 374 people still unaccounted for, national disaster agency Conred said on Friday. After heavy rains, a hillside collapsed onto Santa Catarina Pinula on the southeastern edge of Guatemala City on Oct. 1, burying more than a hundred homes under tons of earth, rock and trees. Entire families were buried alive and hundreds of rescue workers have spent the past week trying to dig out...

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