Stan storm claims at least 164 lives

Updated: 16:45, Thursday, 6 October 2005

Rescue efforts are continuing in Central America where at least 164 people are reported to have died during Tropical Storm Stan.

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Tropical Storm Stan - Rescue efforts continue

Rescue efforts are continuing in Central America and southern Mexico where at least 164 people are reported to have died during Tropical Storm Stan.

The death toll is expected to rise as the emergency services are continuing to find bodies in isolated areas.

Most of the dead were killed in the mudslides caused by the storm.

The authorities in the worst affected countries, El Salvador and Guatemala, are still trying to evacuate people in remote areas where heavy rain is still falling and river levels are dangerously high.

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