Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides in several departments of Guatemala over the last few days.

CONRED, the country’s disaster management authority, reported flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain from around 17 August in the departments of Alta Verapaz, Sololá, Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Sacatepéquez and Suchitepéquez.
Around 25,332 people have been affected in total. CONRED reported that 15 people injured and 16 evacuated and that houses and roads were damage. A bridge over the Guacalate river in Pastores municipality, Sacatepéquez Department, was severely damaged.
The weather service INSIVUMEH reported that the rainy conditions were a result of a low pressure system moving over the Pacific Ocean towards the Mexican coast.
Further heavy rain from around 19 August affected parts of Guatemala, Solola and Suchitepequez and Chimaltenango departments. Mazatenango in Suchitepéquez recorded 86.3mm of rain in 24 hours to 19 August.
CONRED reported that the Bolas river overflowed in Suchitepequez department damaging 9 homes and displacing 9 people in Santo Domingo municipality.
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SACATEPÉQUEZ. Se reporta colapso de una base del puente ubicado en Alta Loma, Pastores, Sacatepéquez.
Fuente: Elvis Morales, Delegado Departamental de la CONRED. pic.twitter.com/7lIRLrl5Qi— CONRED (@ConredGuatemala) August 20, 2019
#ALERTA: Reportan situación complicada por la lluvia en el sector de Vista Hermosa Jocotenango Sacatepèquez. pic.twitter.com/lR8fKFyJtW
— SacatepéquezStarNews (@SacStarNews) August 20, 2019
Personal de @CBMDEPTAL apoya a vecinos debido a las fuertes lluvias en Jocotenango, Antigua Guatemala y Ciudad Vieja; además en El Tejar y Tecpán Guatemala, Chimaltenango. pic.twitter.com/u3qAjv1Xt8
— Canal Antigua (@CanalAntigua) August 20, 2019
SACATEPÉQUEZ. En la aldea Vista Hermosa se registra flujo de lodo el cual genera inundaciones en viviendas, la Coordinadora Municipal para la Reducción de Desastres de Jocotenango realiza la Evaluación de Daños y Análisis de Necesidades -EDAN- y limpieza en el lugar. pic.twitter.com/PreAPMZ9gT
— CONRED (@ConredGuatemala) August 20, 2019