Ongoing seasonal precipitation, including locally heavy downpours, may hamper the search for survivors in the Guatemalan mudslides.
Nearly 40 people were killed in mudslides this weekend, and the death toll is expected to rise as recovery continues. President Alvaro Colom declared a national emergency on Saturday.
News agencies are reporting that sections of the Inter-American Highway were washed out. The first landslide buried a bus near kilometer marker 82, killing 12......
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