Gamma Storm Toll In Honduras Rises To 32

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The storm and floods washed away dozens of bridges and much of the Islas de la Bahia department was under water, officials said. About 2,000 homes were destroyed. AFP photo .

Tegucigalpa, Honduras (AFP) Nov 21, 2005
The death toll in Honduras from Tropical Storm Gamma increased to at least 32, with 13 people missing, officials said late Monday.

In neighboring Belize, five fishermen were missing at sea because of the record 27th storm of the Atlantic season, Belize media said.

Honduran authorities launched a major operation to rescue people stranded by floods in the north of the country as the storm, downgraded to a tropical depression, headed back out into the Caribbean.

The civil emergency committee (COPEC) said that more than 23,000 people had fled their homes and helicopters were rescuing some people from rooftops and airlifting food to stricken areas.

A COPEC spokesman told AFP the death toll had increased to 32, from 15 earlier in the day, and that 13 people were missing.

The storm and floods washed away dozens of bridges and much of the Islas de la Bahia department was under water, officials said. About 2,000 homes were destroyed.

The COPEC spokesman said an entire family of six were buried by a mudslide in Locomapa, in Yoro Department, 240 kilometers (150 miles) north of here.

COPEC helicopters were flying over the zone to find stranded victims on roofs and in trees. UN agencies were helping to distribute food.

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Gamma Storm Toll In Honduras Rises To 15

Tegucigalpa (AFP) Nov 21, 2005
The death toll in Honduras from Tropical Storm Gamma increased Monday to at least 15, with 13 people missing, officials said.

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