Tropical storm leaves more than 100 dead in Central America

The office of Guatemala's president handed out this aerial view of a crater that opened up after Agatha hit


After a tropical storm hit in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, at least 115 people have died. Guatemala was hit the hardest with about 92 deaths. Nearly 112,000 people have been evacuated and more than 29,000 are living in temporary shelters. This has been a devastating catastrophe for Guatemala and has destroyed many homes. Rivers have risen to high level, destroying bridges. School classes have been canceled this week throughout the nation. More rain was possibly forecast for Monday. Agatha was determined from a tropical storm to a tropical depression Saturday night and lost its status as a depression Sunday evening. Agatha was the first named storm for the Pacific hurricane season. The Atlantic hurricane season starts on Tuesday.

I am always shocked as to how much damage these tropical storms can do. They are so powerful, and I am very thankful that I do not live in a region where I am effected by the damages of tropical storms. It is crazy how many deaths there were, even when the storm was not even that large. It is a shame that the tropical storm has to do so much damage to countries like Guatemala, who really don't need more damage and poverty. I feel very sorry for all of the people that have evacuated their homes and had their homes destroyed. Hopefully the Hurricane season sill not be bad this year, but it possibly could be with global warming in effect. It is a shame many of these catastrophes throughout our world are happening due to global warming. The storms are getting bigger and bigger.

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