The hurricane and storm has caused widespread havoc in Central America
With food and water running out, governments in Central America and Mexico scrambled Friday to reach isolated areas devastated by a week of intense rain, with residents saying panic was starting to grow among survivors.
Mudslides and flooding exacerbated by Hurricane Stan killed 277 people across the region, with Guatemala bearing the brunt of the damage and deaths.
Officials pulled 67 bodies from a mountain of mud that buried several towns near Lake Atitlan, an area popular with tourists 100 miles west of the capital, Guatemala City, and expected to find many more despite search efforts marred by continued rains.
Increasing fears Friday was a strong earthquake that shuddered through Guatemala and El Salvador. The quake caused a rain-damaged highway bridge to collapse in Guatemala and sent thousands of frightened Salvadoran residents into the streets.
The Catholic Relief Services page on Stan and their efforts to help
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