1. LANDSLIDE TRAGEDY IN GUATEMALA 2010
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. A National Tragedy 80 km from Tecpan, the Capital September 4-5, 2010
MASSIVE LANDSLIDES AFTER A PERIOD OF INTENSIVE RAINFALL BURY A BUS THEN OVER 100 RESCUE WORKERS IN GUATEMALA
A National Tragedy 80 km from Tecpan, the Capital
September 4-5, 2010

3. Several landslides had occurred along the Nation’s highways during the last year, and authorities knew of the danger, but did nothing; NOW, at least 58 are dead.

4. Massive landslides were triggered in Guatemala following constant rain from Tropical Depression 11 E in that left the hillsides in the region saturated with water.

5. More than 30 separate landslides cut the Inter-American Highway, one of Guatemala's main roads, within a single 30-mile (50-km) stretch.

6. A LANDSLIDE ON THE INTER-AMERICAN HIGHWAY

7. LANDSLIDE NEAR NAHUALA

8. TRAGEDY STRUCK: Approximately 100 people were attempting to dig a bus out of a mudslide on Saturday, September 4th when a second landslide engulfed them on Sunday.

9. BUS BURIED BY LANDSLIDE: SEPTEMBER 4

10. EXCAVATING THE BUS

11. RESCUE WORKERS BURIED IN SECOND LANDSLIDE: SEPT 5

12. INTENSIVE SEARCH AND RECUE OPERATIONS

13. Recovery efforts had to be abandoned when heavy rain struck the region again, sending people fleeing from the rain-saturated hillsides

14. Over 12,000 were evacuated to temporary shelters.

15. To prevent further landslide tragedies, the President ordered the Inter-American Highway closed and urged people to stay of the roads.