Now it seems like the start of tropical storms season in Central America and just yesterday a tropical storm Agatha hit Guatemala, southeast Mexico and some parts of El Salvador. The storm triggered sudden rush of dirty muddy water. The storm caused about 12 people’s deaths and 11 or more people were missing. However BBC news said that Guatemala was the worst hit country and 63 people were killed. It rained about 30 inches in Guatemala, SE Mexico and El Salvador till Sunday. Before the Agatha storm hit Guatemala, there was a volcano that erupted and killed about three people although more than 1,800 people were evacuated out safely in advance. The capital’s international airport was shut down due to the volcano eruption. As the storm Agatha moved farther northeast, it slowly disintegrated. President Colom said that the weather will clear up soon and necessary supplies will be sent to those affected places. Read more at http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/weather/05/29/guatemala.agatha/index.html?hpt=T2
Submitted by David Gum Awng
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