At least 124 people have been killed and 60 missing in El Salvador following three days of torrential rains caused by Hurricane Ida, government officials said.
Source: The Agencies
- The downpours caused flooding and landslides which cut off several areas in the small Central American country.
- Humberto Centeno, the country's interior minister, said on Sunday that at least 60 people were still missing and thousands of people were living in temporary shelters.
- The capital, San Salvador, and central San Vicente province were hardest-hit by the rains, which forecasters said may have been made worse by a separate low pressure system .
- News of the deaths came as the storm gathered strength off the coast of the Mexican resort city of Cancun on the Yucatan peninsula on Sunday.
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