Recent activity at Rincón de la Vieja Volcano has led the Red Cross to mobilize a small team to assess possible risks of flooding and damage to bridges over the Pénjamo River.
Survivors of the devastating mudslide that buried a community outside Guatemala City on Oct. 1 could get homes on land expropriated from an alleged narco. The mounting death toll from the mudslide had risen to 253 by Friday.
Officials of the National Emergency Commission (CNE) confirmed that a mudslide on Thursday night partially blocked the Sarapiqui River in north-central Costa Rica.
