Preliminary final report emergency plan of action (EPoA) Guatemala: Cambray II landslide country or region: Guatemala, Central America

Pages
10pp
Date published
01 Jan 2016
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disasters, Earthquakes, Impact assessment
Countries
Guatemala

On Thursday, 1 October at 21:30 hours in the neighbourhood of El Cambray II, Santa Catarina Pinula in Guatemala, a massive landslide caused by heavy rains displaced 17,689 square metres of land. The National Disaster Risk Reduction Coordination office (CONRED) reports that the area where the rescue operations are taking place has been declared high risk since 2008. Preliminary information indicates 496 people are missing, at least 131 people have been found dead and more than 100 homes were buried. Search and rescue workers have found 34 people alive, have evacuated 295 people and 287 people are in 3 evacuation centres.