Tropical storm claims 100 lives

A VIOLENT storm that battered Central America over the weekend killed more than 100 people and left a swath of destruction, officials said yesterday.

Tropical Storm Agatha, the first in a season of tempests that annually strikes the region, was especially brutal in Guatemala, where mudslides proved deadly.

According to authorities, the toll across the region yesterday stood at 105, counting the 82 in Guatemala, 14 in Honduras and nine in El Salvador.