Guatemala's Colom Visits
Rain-Hit Areas
Guatemala President
Alvaro Colom visited
rain-hit areas over the
weekend.
He toured communities in
Pailon municipality of
Escuintla department,
where landslides and
rockslides killed one
person and damaged 41
houses.
He promised assistance
to the victims, saying
that a commission of the
Guatemalan Housing Fund
will be sent to the area
to assess damages and
material needed to
rebuild houses.
Colom urged residents to
abandon the risk areas
temporarily and go to
shelters, as rain will
continue, according to
weather forecast.
There are at least 2,000
risk areas, mainly in
departments of Alta
Verapaz, Baja Verapaz,
San Marcos, Solola,
Huehuetenango and the
southern coast, the
National Disaster
Reduction Coordination
of Guatemala said.
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