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    Heavy rains hammer Central America; 36 dead

    SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Heavy rains generated by a low-pressure system hammered Central America for a third day Friday, putting officials on alert in countries where mudslides and swollen rivers have already killed 36 people.

    At least 21 people have been killed in Guatemala and thousands of others were evacuated or saw their homes destroyed by the incessant downpours.

    In El Salvador, rivers have overflowed their banks, destroying villages and prompting an evacuation of about 4,000 people from their homes, the country's disaster management office said in a statement Friday.

    In Honduras, six people have been killed in floods and the roads connecting the nation to Guatemala have been destroyed. Other communities have been left isolated by the floods. In Nicaragua, four people have died this week.

    The system is expected to hover over the region for the next couple of days, generating more rainfall, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.

    Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Irwin was weakening and drifting away from Mexico in the Pacific, three days after Hurricane Jova slammed into the same coast, killing six people.

    Irwin's maximum sustained winds as of Friday afternoon were near 45 mph (75 kph), and the storm could begin weakening on Saturday, the hurricane center said.

    Irwin was centered about 165 miles (265 kilometers) west of Manzanillo, Mexico, and moving south-southeast at about 2 mph (4 kph).

     

    13 comments

    • Gogaz  •  7 mths ago
      I hope no one dead belonged to MS 13
    • Song Man  •  7 mths ago
      I had no idea this was going on. You will be in my prayers.
      • Dr. Figgler 7 mths ago
        I had no idea that anybody still prayed. How weird.
    • bam  •  7 mths ago
      Very sad story. My heart goes to all the people who lost loved ones in this tragedy.
      • Dr. Figgler 7 mths ago
        My heart goes out to Lucillia in Connecticut. I wish that I could send something else to her.
    • Dr. Figgler  •  7 mths ago
      Heavy, torrential rains just pounded me for over 5 days. why am I not dead? did I do something wrong?
    • Regular person  •  7 mths ago
      I'm in Guatemala. It's been raining for 3 weeks. Waiting for the sun......
      • Dr. Figgler 7 mths ago
        Why would anyone be in Guatemala? You must really have a rain fettish. You could have gotten 18 inches in coastal Georgia and gotten it over with. You seem to be a very unwise individual.
      • Mateo 7 mths ago
        Guatemala is beautiful, I lived there many years, it just suffers from natural disasters... learn about the Maya sometime!
      • Cappypappy 7 mths ago
        fetish...f-e-t-i-s-h
    • Frank Hammer  •  7 mths ago
      It's about time this got mentioned. Hurricane Irene hit the U.S. East Coast and killed about 11 people, and the media was full of it for a week.
      • Dr. Figgler 7 mths ago
        The media has "been full of it" for far more than a week. Are you from Californicate or Knew Yok? Did you attend a Gubsamunts Hi! Skrool?
      • Josh Poloski 7 mths ago
        hahahahahaha Dr Figgler, that's why Frank Hammer is seeking attention!
    • Oliver C  •  7 mths ago
      Keep on cutting the rainforest down and building on the exposed hill sides and cry about mudslides and floodings.
      • A Yahoo! User 7 mths ago
        They grow dinosaurs on some islands west of there.
    • JT  •  7 mths ago
      Just mother nature cleaning up the area a bit.
    • Allison Karalus  •  7 mths ago
      All that money is the Lord Jesus Christ's & His mother is who she needed to become.
      GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, BUT THAT ALL MIGHT BELIEVE ON HIS NAME-JESUS.Repent & be baptized! Jesus said, “I am God there is none besides me." "I am the Way, the Truth & the Life. No man comes to the Father except by me." "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." "As many as received Him to them He gave the power to become the sons of God the Father even to those who believe on His name." Jesus' healing ministry began with adult baptism. Jesus says, “If we confess our sins He is faithful & just to forgive us our sins & to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
    • Rupert  •  7 mths ago
      I once dated a girl that thought Central America was somewhere in the middle of this country.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  7 mths ago
      Hurricane Mitch was a doozie.
    • Enrique C  •  7 mths ago
      No more Mara Salvatrucha
    • Stony  •  7 mths ago
      Yea, less illegal aliens.
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