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A view of a street after heavy rains set off mudslides and sent rivers over their banks in the Central American country in Verapaz, El Salvador. Strong rains have affected the region during the weekend, killing more than 120 people. Photo by EPA/BGNES
At least 124 people have been killed in El Salvador by flooding and landslides following days of
heavy rain, the government says.
President Mauricio Funes has declared a national emergency, describing the damages as "incalculable".
The capital San Salvador and central San Vicente province were the hardest-hit regions, officials say.
Local reporter Juan Carlos Barahona told the BBC that San Vicente is virtually cut off by landslides and collapsed bridges.
Interior Minister Humberto Centeno said 60 people were still missing, and about 7,000 more were in shelters.
In the town of San Vicente rescue workers pulled bodies from the wreckage of houses.
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Tension mounted as hundreds of Central American migrants massed at a Mexican border town headed on Thursday for a bridge crossing to the United States as President Donald Trump renewed his threats to repel them, reported AFP.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8 has struck off Mexico's southern coast, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said, reported ITV.
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake was registered off the coast of El Salvador late on Monday.
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