Landslide in Guatemala

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    Hillside collapses on the outskirts of Guatemala City...
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    Guatemalan mudslide death toll reaches 56, hundreds missing
    Oct 3,`15 -- Rescue workers using shovels and pickaxes recovered more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed hillside on the outskirts of Guatemala City on Saturday as an official said the death toll had risen to 56 with another 350 people believed missing.
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    Hope fading, rescuers dig for survivors in Guatemala landslide
    Sat Oct 3, 2015 - Rescue workers scrabbled through earth and rubble on Saturday in search of survivors of a massive landslide in Guatemala that killed at least 59 people, even as hopes began to fade for hundreds of others still missing.
     
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    Death toll rises to 152...
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    Questions arise about neighborhood where slide killed 152
    Oct 5,`15 -- Emergency workers spent a fourth day digging bodies out of a massive mudslide on Monday, watching the death toll rise to 152 as questions mounted about why people were allowed to build homes at the base of a dangerous hillside next to a small river.
     
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    People may not be able to return home...
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    Guatemala to investigate for those responsible for mudslide
    Oct 6,`15 -- The warning signs were everywhere in the canyon neighborhood of Cambray on the outskirts of Guatemala City, where a mudslide buried hundreds of people last week.
     
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    Digging out from the landslide...
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    Guatemala Landslide Death Toll Tops 220; Another 350 Missing
    October 08, 2015 — At least 220 bodies have been recovered after a massive landslide buried part of a town in Guatemala last week, while about 350 people are missing, national disaster agency Conred said Thursday.
     
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    Help arrives in Guatemala...
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    Relief Brought to Guatemala after Deadly Avalanche
    Friday, October 09, 2015 - Guatemalans are in mourning after an avalanche in Santa Catarina Pinula killed hundreds of people.
     

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