17 October 2011

EL SALVADOR / GUATEMALA / HONDURAS / NICARAGUA / COSTA RICA : 18 Oct. UPDATE: At Least 90 Dead After Torrential Rains.

                                          LINK CHANGE/ AFP

     Central America continues to suffer from slow moving torrential rains...with 90 people dead so far...and 700,000 left homeless.
     At least 32 in El Salvador are dead after mudslides (above)...with almost 14,000 people in shelters.
    Guatemala reports 34 dead and a state of emergency declared.
    In Honduras...the death toll is at least 13...and...at least 8 have died in Nicaragua; also 4 drowning deaths were reported in Costa Rica.