The following excerpt is from an August 24, 2010 article published by The Latin American Herald Tribune. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
GUATEMALA CITY – Four children have died in Guatemala over the past few hours as a result of the torrential rains falling across the Central American country, authorities said Tuesday.
The first death was registered in Puerto de San Jose, 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of the capital, where a boy of 9 was swept away by the current in a canal.
The youngster’s body was found on Monday by emergency workers on the bank of the Chiquimulilla canal, about 30 kilometers (20 miles) away.
Firefighters also reported the death Monday night of three sisters in the community of La Reforma, about 270 kilometers (167 miles) west of the capital.
The girls, ages 6, 8 and 9, were crushed by a wall that fell onto their house…
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