Guatemalans & Aid

More Guatemalans receive aid By MARK STEVENSON

SANTIAGO ATITLAN, Guatemala (AP) — Authorities reaching communities previously cut off by floodwaters raised the number of Guatemalans whose homes were damaged, destroyed or threatened by new rainfall to 200,000.

Emergency response teams assessed the damage to isolated villages deep in the mountains of San Marcos province, near the border with Mexico, for the first time Tuesday — nearly a week after relentless rain caused flooding and mudslides. [. . . . ]

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