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Friday, 13 September, after heavy rains, two
crags surrounding the community of El Porvenir in the municipality of San
Lucas Toliman, Solola, crumbled, resulting in a landslide. Eighteen people
died, 14 were wounded and 50 disappeared among the rubble of mud and
stones.
The departmental branches of the Guatemalan
Red Cross (GRC) in Retalhuleu, Mazatenango, Coatepeque and Quetzaltenango
were alerted to assist with evacuation of the community of El Porvenir.
CONRED, together with the Guatemalan Red Cross, formed an evaluation team
to assess damage and needs and to coordinate relief activities.
Original map courtesy of the UN Department
of Public Information Cartographic Section
Map No. 3968 (December 1996) UNITED
NATIONS.
Alterations done by ReliefWeb, 16 September
2002
Incident Information provided by IFRC Situation
Report
Guatemala: Landslide Information Bulletin
No. 1/02 (16 Sept 2002)