10 seconds ago 2009-11-20T21:01:44-08:00
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – The death toll from flooding and mudslides in El Salvador triggered by the passage of Hurricane Ida jumped to 124 people, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes said in a national radio broadcast.
Funes described the disaster as "a tragedy" and said the damage sustained by the Central American country was "incalculable."
(Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Writing by Robert Campbell, editing by Philip Barbara)