Monday, January 5, 2009

El gigantesco derrumbe

Recently we have experienced a "derrumbe" of gigantic proportions close to where I live. A "derrumbe" is a landslide and this one let loose some 10,000 tons of rock and earth and buried an "aldea" which is the word for a small community. As of right now the media has reported 33 deaths and many people were brought to the hospital here. I'm safe as are my site mates and our thoughts are with the victims and their families.

If you would like to read more information in Spanish here is a link:

http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2009/enero/05/286819.html

And here is an English report on CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/05/guatemala.landslide/index.html

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