Death toll rises to 250 in Central American flooding

There was a violent shudder and a roar, and then the side of a volcano gave way, burying two villages under a rush of mud and flood waters.

Death toll rises to 250 in Central American flooding

There was a violent shudder and a roar, and then the side of a volcano gave way, burying two villages under a rush of mud and flood waters.

Residents said at least 50 people were killed in the landslide in Solola, a town close to the popular Guatemala tourist destination of Lake Atitlan, that remained cut off from the outside world.

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