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Tropical Cyclone in Guatemala

The first named tropical storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season "Agatha" caused severe rainfall in the departments of Escuintla, Suchitepéquez, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, Totonicapn, Sololá, Chimaltenango and Guatemala. Guatemalan authorities report 12 deaths, 22 people missing and that 7,627 people have been affected to some degree by the storm and 4,975 people have been directly affected by the effects of the storm.

Source: glidenumber

 

UN-SPIDER SPACEAID - AVAILABLE SPACE-BASED INFORMATION FOR: TROPICAL CYCLONE IN GUATEMALA

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Status Update: 02/07/2010

Disaster Information
Name: 
Tropical Cyclone in Guatemala
Region: 
Guatemala
Occurance Date: 
28/05/2010
latitude: 
15.7835
longitude: 
-90.2308