A man rides his horse-drawn cart through
a flooded street at the Veracruz port in
Mexico October 4, 2005. Hurricane Stan
smacked into Mexico's Gulf coast on
Tuesday, forcing evacuations and
shutting down oil ports after killing at
least 61 people in Central America.
REUTERS/Daniel
Aguilar
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A resident carries his belongings during
an evacuation in Tapachula in the
southern state of Chiapas, Mexico,
October 6, 2005. Raging flood waters cut
off large areas of Central America and
southern Mexico on Thursday, hurting
efforts to rescue victims of mudslides
that have killed at least 164 people in
the wake Hurricane Stan. REUTERS/Henry
Romero
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Residents rest in a shelter after being
evacuated from their houses in Tapachula
in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico,
October 5, 2005. Huge mudslides,
flooding and torrential rains from
Hurricane Stan have killed at least 162
people in Central American and southern
Mexico, rescue workers said on Wednesday.
REUTERS/`Henry
Romero
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A Guatemalan woman looks at a mudslide
that washed 30 houses away in the hamlet
of Rincon Argentino in Tecpan, Guatemala
October 5, 2005. Four children were
reported to have died and 15 people are
missing at the scene. Over 100 people
have been killed by mudslides and
flooding in Central America over the
past 2 days after torrential rains.
REUTERS/Mario
Linares
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A man walks through debris on a road
made inpassable by floodwaters in
Cocales, Guatemala October 5, 2005. Over
100 people have been killed by mudslides
and flooding in Central America over the
past two days after torrential rains.
REUTERS/Daniel
LeClair
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A general view of evacuation shelter in
San Isidro en Sonsonate, El Salvador,
October 1, 2005. Authorities evacuated
hundreds of people living on the slopes
of a volcano in western El Salvador on
Saturday after it spat large rocks and
ash from its crater during an early
morning explosion. El Salvador's
geological study center said the
Ilamatepec volcano, also known as Santa
Ana, spat heavy rocks as far as a mile (
1.6 km) from its crater. The government
issued a red alert to nearby villages
but no injuries were reported. REUTERS/
Luis
Galdamez
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A Guatemalan stands amongst boulders and
mud at the scene of a mudslide that
washed 30 houses away in the hamlet of
Rincon Argentino in Tecpan, Guatemala
October 5, 2005. Four children were
reported to have died and 15 poeple are
missing at the scene. Over 100 people
have been killed by mudslides and
flooding in Central America over the
past 2 days after torrential rains.
REUTERS/Mario
Linares
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A young boy helps transport sand bags
during preparations against heavy rains
and mudslides in a slum considered to be
at high risk of mudslides in Guatemala
City October 4, 2005. Torrential rains
and mudslides killed at least 35 people
in Central America as collapsing
hillsides buried homes and rivers burst
their banks. REUTERS/Daniel
LeClair
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A woman walks on a flooded street at a
neighborhood in Veracruz port, Mexico
October 5, 2005. Torrential rains and
flooding from Hurricane Stan killed six
people in southern Mexico on Wednesday
after claiming more than 70 lives in
Central America. REUTERS/Daniel
Aguilar
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A Salvadoran girl sleeps in a shelter
for flooding evacuees in San Salvador
October 3, 2005. Torrential rains and
mudslides killed at least 35 people in
Central America as collapsing hillsides
buried homes and rivers burst their
banks, rescue workers said on Monday.
REUTERS/Luis
Galdamez
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A Salvadoran child waits for his food at
a shelter for flooding evacuees in
Perulapia, 30 kms (19 miles) from San
Salvador, October 5, 2005. A total of
309 shelters are housing some of the
thousands of people who have had to
leave their homes after torrential rains
have brought flooding and mudslides to
El Salvador. REUTERS/Luis
Galdamez
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A man uses a bucket to remove water from
his home at a neighborhood in Veracruz
port, Mexico October 5, 2005. Torrential
rains and flooding from Hurricane Stan
killed six people in southern Mexico on
Wednesday after claiming more than 70
lives in Central America. REUTERS/
Daniel
Aguilar
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