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  • Death toll reaches to around 150 from torrential downpour triggered by storm Eta in Guatemala

    Published on November 7, 2020

    In Guatemala, death toll reached to around 150 from torrential downpour triggered by storm Eta.
     
    President Alejandro Giammattei said around 100 people are feared dead in Quejá in the central region of Alta Verapaz . He said bad weather has hampered rescue efforts while roads are still blocked and large areas remain flooded.
     
    Authorities also confirmed at least 50 deaths across the country.Storm Eta had made landfall in neighbouring Nicaragua on Tuesday as a Category Four hurricane with winds of 225 km per hour and torrential rains.

    It then weakened into a tropical depression as it moved into neighbouring Honduras and later Guatemala.

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