L'ouragan Eta aurait, selon les estimations, causé la mort de 150
personnes au Guatemala, a déclaré vendredi le président du pays
Alejandro Giammattei.
L'estimation inclut cent personnes qui ont disparu lorsque 150 maisons ont été enterrées sous un glissement de terrain dans le village de Queja, près de San Cristobal Verapaz au centre du pays, selon les chiffres donnés par l'armée. (Belga)
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The death toll from the calamitous storm Eta in Central America leapt on Friday as the Guatemalan military reached a remote mountain village where torrential rains caused mudslides that killed an estimated 100 people.
ReplyDeleteMany of the dead were buried in their homes in the remote village of Queja in the central region of Alta Verapaz, where around 150 houses were swallowed by mudslides, Guatemalan army spokesman Ruben Tellez said.
Cuba’s meteorology office warned on Saturday of torrential rain and flooding as Tropical Depression Eta churned northwards towards the Caribbean island, and on track to Florida, after killing more than 70 people in Central America last week.
ReplyDeleteEta could strengthen back into a tropical storm over the warm Caribbean waters before making landfall on the southern coast of central Cuba overnight, the office said, warning of coastal flooding and winds of 80-100 km per hour.
Flooding could be a problem more broadly, it said, given Cuba was already waterlogged in the wake of heavy rains of late and Eta could potentially dump more than 300mm of water on central and mountainous regions, Reuters reported.