Landslides kill dozens in Guatemala

Rescue workers dig for landslide victims in La Cumbre de Alaska. As many as 100 people may have been buried in a landslide in Guatemala on a major highway, a spokesman for the fire department said. Approximately 100 people were attempting to dig a bus out of a first mudslide when a second engulfed the scene, said fire department spokesman Sergio Vasquez. (REUTERS)
A rescuer holds the arm of the body of a person buried by a landslide in the Nahuala municipality, Solola, west of Guatemala City. Some 20 bodies have been retrieved in that place so far and there are still scores of missing people. The death toll from landslides in Guatemala rose to 36 on Sunday as the country's President Alvaro Colom declared the disaster a "national tragedy. (AFP)
Manuel Jolom (C) cries after his son Walfred Manuel was buried by a landslide in the Nahuala municipality, Solola, west of Guatemala City. Some 20 bodies have been retrieved in that place so far and there are still scores of missing people. The death toll from landslides in Guatemala rose to 36 on Sunday as the country's President Alvaro Colom declared the disaster a "national tragedy. (AFP)
Manuel Ajtzalam cries before the corpse of his nephew Manuel Sohon, buried by a landslide in the Nahuala municipality, Solola, west of Guatemala City. Some 20 bodies have been retrieved in that place so far and there are still scores of missing people. The death toll from landslides in Guatemala rose to 36 on Sunday as the country's President Alvaro Colom declared the disaster a "national tragedy. (AFP)
Rescue workers carry a landslide victim on a stretcher in La Cumbre de Alaska. As many as 100 people may have been buried in a landslide in Guatemala on a major highway, a spokesman for the fire department said on Sunday. Approximately 100 people were attempting to dig a bus out of a first mudslide when a second engulfed the scene, said fire department spokesman Sergio Vasquez. (REUTERS)
An aerial view shows the site of a landslide in La Cumbre de Alaska. As many as 100 people may have been buried in a landslide in Guatemala on a major highway, a spokesman for the fire department said on Sunday. Approximately 100 people were attempting to dig a bus out of a first mudslide when a second engulfed the scene, said fire department spokesman Sergio Vasquez. (REUTERS)
A woman cries next to a coffin of one of the victims of the strong rains that hit Guatemala at the church of Santa Catarina Ixtahucan, Guatemala. At least 37 died due to the rains in two days, at least 40 are missing and more than 40,000 were affected. (EPA)
Quiche indigenous women grieve during a funeral mass for mudslide victims in Santa Maria Ixtahuacan, Guatemala. Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala. (AP)
A flooded area in Nueva Concepcion, Escuintla, 147 kilometers south of Guatemala City. The death toll from landslides in Guatemala rose to 36 on Sunday as the country's President Alvaro Colom declared the disaster a "national tragedy". (AFP)
Quiche indigenous children sit with their parents at a funeral mass for mudslide victims in Santa Maria Ixtahuacan, Guatemala. Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala. (AP)