The landslides unleashed by the hurricane Eta has killed more than 50 people in the city of Guatemala, informed President Alejandro Giammattei, added mudslides around the town of San Cristobal Verapaz had engulfed about 25 homes. The neighbouring Central American countries was also affected greatly by this hurricane.
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"In the morning we had four dead, now the figure is over 50 dead," President Alejandro Giammattei said at an press conference. Hurricane Eta caused severe rainfall and catastrophic flood on Central America, with fatalities reported on Thursday as streets looked as rivers and lot of people were feared to be buried in their homes due to the mudslides. Television footage shows floating cars and families wandering through the flooded streets in the central Guatemalan city of San Pedro Carcha. Hundreds refuge their house tops, and Honduras safeguarded around 500 people.
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Damage and destruction had spread across the "vast majority" of Honduras and speedboats and helicopters would be sent to rescue people in inaccessible areas, Hernandez added. Eta categorized as category 4 hurricane on Tuesday hit with winds of 150 miles per hour (241 kph) and weakened to a tropical depression moving inland into the neighboring Honduras. Eta is forecast to return to sea and regain momentum as a tropical storm, reaching the Cayman Islands, Cuba and southern Florida in the coming days, the the U.S. National Hurricane Center NHC said.
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