International Desk: Hurricane Julia swept through the Central American regions of El Salvador and Guatemala on Monday killing 28 lives and displacing thousands. El Salvador and Guatemala have suffered the greatest loss of life and damage. Hurricane Julia had largely dissipated after hitting Nicaragua last Sunday, but it gathered strength again in the Pacific Ocean.
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Guatemala's disaster prevention agency said five people were killed and buried in a landslide in Alta Verapaz province. And nine people, including a soldier, died while carrying out rescue operations in the nearby province of Huehuetenango in Mexico.
Authorities in El Salvador said that five soldiers were killed when a wall collapsed at a shelter in the city of Comasagua. Hundreds of police and soldiers are conducting operations in the area. Another soldier was injured in the incident.
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Two more people died when a house-wall collapsed due to heavy rains in the eastern city of Guataziagua in El Salvador. Another person died in El Salvador after being swept away by the current and another was killed by a tree.
Many rivers in El Salvador are overflowing due to heavy rains. In addition to declaring a state of emergency, the country has opened 80 shelters.
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A 22-year-old woman died in a rip current in neighboring Honduras, and three others died in a boat sinking in northern Honduras. In addition, a separate person was killed by a falling tree in Nicaragua.
Meanwhile, Panama's emergency services have confirmed the death of two people as a result of heavy rain Monday night. The country has evacuated about 300 people from the border area of Costa Rica.
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