91 dead, 60 missing as rain takes toll in El Salvador

EL SALVADOR’S interior minister said the death toll is now 91 from floods and landslides touched off by three days of heavy rains.

Minister Humberto Centeno said 60 people are still missing, and about 7,000 more are in shelters.

He told reporters yesterday that many towns are still cut off and officials have been unable to reach them.