Fresh rains halt rescue work as Guatemala landslides kill 45 | Bangkok Post: news

Fresh rains halted rescue efforts on Monday in Guatemala, where a series of landslides have killed 45 people and caused half a billion dollars in damage, officials said.

A indigenous woman mourns over the coffin of a relative during a mass funeral for the victims of a landslide in Nueva Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Solola, 169 kilometers west of Guatemala City. Fresh rains halted rescue efforts on Monday in Guatemala, where a series of landslides have killed 45 people and caused half a billion dollars in damage, officials said.

After a brief window of good weather, rescuers had to halt their work as the torrents of rain began falling again and new mudslides made operations too dangerous in the impoverished and mountainous Central American nation.