Guatemala searches for bodies as strengthening Eta eyes Cuba
The Philippine Star|November 08, 2020
PURULHA (AP) – Searchers in Guatemala dug through mud and debris looking for an estimated 100 people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide, as the remnants of Hurricane Eta strengthened early yesterday as the storm churned toward Cuba.
Guatemala searches for bodies as strengthening Eta eyes Cuba

Eta was forecast to become a tropical storm again yesterday as it moved over the Caribbean Sea and the US National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm watches for the northwestern Bahamas, southern Florida and the Florida Keys.

The center of Eta was expected to approach the Cayman Islands yesterday, be near Cuba last night and today, and approach the Florida Keys or south Florida later today.

Back in Central America, which Eta reached as a Category 4 hurricane last Tuesday before weakening into a tropical depression, authorities from Panama to Mexico were still surveying the damage from flooding and landslides following days of torrential rains. The confirmed death toll was in the dozens and expected to rise.

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