Article 5A3EZ Woman in Guatemalan village hit by Storm Eta loses 22 members of her family

Woman in Guatemalan village hit by Storm Eta loses 22 members of her family

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Scores of people buried under rivers of mud unleashed by torrential rain in remote mountainous area, as weather front heads to Cuba

Rescue workers have clambered over treacherous roads buried in mud and rubble to reach a remote mountain village in Guatemala swamped by a devastating storm that has killed dozens of people, including 22 members of the same family.

Torrential downpours unleashed by Storm Eta toppled trees, engorged swift-moving rivers, and ripped down parts of a mountainside above the village of Queja in the central Guatemalan region of Alta Verapaz, burying dozens of people in their homes.

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