The tropical depression hit land Saturday night that and the result of the previous three days of rain along with the volcano erupting 15 miles from Guatemala City has once again turned Guatemala into a disaster area. Not much different than what hurricane Stan left us with just 3years ago.It all started on Thursday afternoon when some say a minor earth quake 4.9 hit Guatemala, probably affecting the volcano. The ash and Gas was sent up 2000 meters into the air and spread all over the Country. Then that night heavy rains came as a result of the storm heading our way.
The airport was closed on Thursday afternoon and will reopen probabe Wednesday. I had a friend Art Fowler with me during this and we had to bus Him to El Salvador so He could get home Monday.
Here are the facts as we know them this morning.82 people dead
53 people still missing
30,000 people in shelters
13 bridges wiped out
120,000 have been evacuated from the villages. About 10,000 homes destroyed.
Schools are closed for the next week
Most major highways are closed due to river flooding or mud slides. Pacific coast road closed, interamericano highway closed.
One of our favorite visiting spots Panajachel is isolated from the Country again as the to bridges in and out are washed away.
Large portions of Antigua are under water and mud.
Most of the rivers in Guatemala flooded over.
To see more of the affected areas google Volcano and tropical depression Guatemala.
The volcano has quited a bit now only throwing stuff 250 mtrs into the air.
The storm as gone and light rain is predicted for today and tomorrow.
As far as we know all of our HFTCM families and those of our Church are OK, again the Allan family are well and in the graceful hands of our Lord.
We have been meeting over the weekend to look at what we can do and where we can go to be most effective. As we have a large back up of clothes, we will need water and packaged food stuff, any thing you can do the help will be a blessing.
Thank you for your love and prayers
Sincerely in Christ,
Tom, Elizabeth and Cheryl Leigh Allan
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