HURRICANE IDA LEAVES 124 DEAD 60 MISSING IN EL SALVADOR
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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