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Storm Eta buries 150 homes in Guatemalan village, killing 100 -Army

06 November 2020 - 18:54 By Josue Decavele, Anthony Esposito and Daina Beth Solomon
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Army spokesman Ruben Tellez told Reuters that death toll was based on preliminary estimates.
Army spokesman Ruben Tellez told Reuters that death toll was based on preliminary estimates. 
Image: REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA - Tags: DISASTER)

A Guatemalan army spokesman on Friday said landslides triggered by storm Eta have buried about 150 homes and killed some 100 people in the Queja village in the central region of Alta Verapaz.

Army spokesman Ruben Tellez told Reuters that death toll was based on preliminary estimates. 

Reuters

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A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
A Guatemalan soldier is seen during a military operation as they destroy a clandestine airstrip used for smuggling drugs during a temporary state of siege in the village of Teleman, Guatemala on September 20 2019
Image: REUTERS/Josue Decavele
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