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rescue team recovers the body of a mudslide victim in Santa Catarina Pinula, on
the outskirts of Guatemala City, October 3, 2015. © Jose Cabezas / Reuters
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Families are praying for
a miracle, hoping to find survivors who have been buried under a massive
landslide in Guatemala. The natural disaster has killed at least 73 people with
hundreds having remained missing for more than three days.
Little
hope remains for around 350 people who are still missing after the hillside
collapsed on Thursday night, with search teams and the local population
tirelessly digging up the affected area of Santa Catarina Pinula.
RT report continues:
“Hope
is the last thing you lose, so we hope to find someone alive,” said Guatemala’s
defense minister Williams Mansilla, though he said the possibility of finding a
breathing person was very low as some of the houses had been covered up in up
to 15 meters of soil.
One
person was found alive on Saturday as around 1,800 volunteers, soldiers and
firemen continue searching for the missing.
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Por
orden del Jefe del Departamento de Tránsito grupo de Agentes apoya en Cambray
II, Santa Catarina Pinula.
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On
Thursday night, following heavy rain, a massive landslide tore through the
village of El Cambray II, in the municipality of Santa Catarina Pinula,
destroying or damaging 125 homes.
The official death toll
from the disaster now stands at 73 people, including 17 children, according to
the Attorney General’s office.
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