110 killed, 1 mln affected by L. America rainstorm

The torrential rains in the past week in Mexico and Central America have killed 110 people and affected some 1 million by Wednesday. In Mexico, the number of fatalities rose to 10, while 180,000 people were affected by Hurricane Jova last week. Guatemala has 36 confirmed deaths. It retrieved on Wednesday two more bodies from massive mudslides caused by the torrential rains and said another seven nationals are still missing, while 26,110 people have been evacuated. The country's Disaster Prevention Authority (Conred) said about half a million people were affected by the rains. Costa Rican Red Cross reported four new deaths and said about 12,000 people have been affected. The death toll in Nicaragua rose to 13 after five more people were drowned while trying to cross raging rivers. In Honduras, the death toll increased by one to 15, and the number of the affected stood at almost 70,000. A total of 11,297 people have been evacuated.