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Hurricane Stan Pounds Latin America, At Least 223 Dead
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Rescuers in Guatemala Thursday pulled 40 bodies from mudslide about
100 kilometers west of Guatemala City At least 223 people in Latin
America have been killed in several days of severe weather triggered
by Hurricane Stan.

The region has been pounded with heavy rains, mudslides and flooding
from the storm, which came ashore Tuesday on Mexico's eastern Gulf
Coast.







Rescue worker carries a child injured by mudslide in Tecpan,
GuatemalaRescuers in Guatemala Thursday pulled 40 bodies from a
mudslide about 100 kilometers west of Guatemala City.

Dozens of other people were killed elsewhere in Central America and
Mexico after the storm ripped through the region, triggering the
floods and mudslides and knocking down power lines and ripping apart
houses.

Tens of thousands of people fled their homes, and many remain
homeless.

The United Nations says it is rushing assistance to El Salvador and
Costa Rica, and remains ready to mobilize international support for
emergency relief and recovery efforts.


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