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El Salvador death toll jumps to 124: Mauricio Funes

Reuters
Monday, November 9, 2009 10:07 IST
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San Salvador: The death toll from flooding and mudslides in El Salvador triggered by the passage of Hurricane Ida jumped to 124 people, Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes said in a national radio broadcast.

Funes described the disaster as "a tragedy" and said the damage sustained by the Central American country was "incalculable".

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