Guatemala Landslide

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  Corruption-Weary Guatemalans Elect Comedian as President

  Comedian Jimmy Morales won a landslide victory in Guatemala's presidential race Sunday despite having no political experience, after a campaign upended by a corruption scandal that felled the outgoing president.

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  Guatemala Ends Search for Landslide Missing With Toll at 280

  Guatemala called off a search on Tuesday for dozens of people still missing in a landslide that killed at least 280 people, authorities said.

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  Guatemala Mudslide Death Toll Climbs to 237: Official

  Rescuers have recovered 237 bodies from the remains of a village near the Guatemalan capital that was buried under a landslide one week ago, an official said Thursday.

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  Death Toll From Guatemala Landslide Rises to 191: Official

  Rescue workers pulled 20 more bodies from a landslide outside the Guatemalan capital, bringing the number of confirmed dead to 191, officials said on Wednesday.

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  At Least 131 Killed in Guatemala Landslide, Hundreds Missing

  At least 131 people were killed in mudslides that smashed into a village outside Guatemala City, officials said Sunday, three days after the disaster struck the Central American nation.

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  Nearly 100 Killed in Guatemala Landslide, Hundreds Missing

  Nearly 100 people were killed when massive mudslides buried scores of homes on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital city, officials said Sunday, as the death toll continued to climb.

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  Hundreds Feared Dead in Guatemala Landslide, Hopeful Keep Digging

  Hopes faded of finding any remaining survivors of a massive landslide in Guatemala that killed at least 73 people, even as families scrabbled through rubble to find the bodies of loved-ones, with hundreds of others still missing.

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  At Least 30 Dead, Hundreds Missing in Guatemala Landslide

  At least 30 people were dead and several hundred missing on Friday a day after a landslide smashed through a village on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital, officials said.

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  16 Dead, 600 Missing in Guatemala Landslide

  At least 16 people were killed and about 600 missing following a landslide that damaged some 125 homes on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital, officials said Friday.

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  At Least 7 Dead, 200 Missing After Mudslide in Guatemala

  At least seven people died and about 200 are missing after a massive mudslide in Guatemala buried homes in a town on the edge of the capital, authorities said on Friday.

• Powerful Quake Rocks Guatemala, Mexico; Two People Reported Dead

  A strong earthquake shook Guatemala and southern Mexico on Monday, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and sparking reports of at least two deaths, authorities said.

• Five Die in Guatemala Landslide Caused by Heavy Rains

  Heavy rains have killed at least five people in Guatemala, where authorities have urged residents to take precautions because showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue this week.

• Powerful quake hits Guatemala, killing at least 48

  A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Guatemala on Wednesday, killing at least 48 people in two provinces as it toppled thick adobe walls, shook huge landslides down onto highways, and sent terrified villagers streaming into the streets of this idyllic mountain town near the border with Mexico. One hundred people were missing, and hundreds were injured...

• Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit

  Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala -- some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.In the village of Nahuala, about 200 rescue workers suspended the search for bodies Sunday afternoon after heavy rain fell in the area, Civil Protection spok...