Storm Eta death toll rises to 100 after devastating mudslides

Rescuers reach remote mountain village in Guatemala where people were buried in their homes

The death toll from the calamitous Storm Eta in Central America has soared after the Guatemalan military reached a remote mountainous village where torrential rains had triggered devastating mudslides, killing about 100 people and adding to dozens of other deaths in the region.

Many of the dead were buried in their homes in the remote village of Queja in the central area of Alta Verapaz, where about 150 houses had been swallowed by mudslides, army spokesman Ruben Tellez said.