El Salvador death toll jumps to 124: Funes
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - 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."
(Reporting by Nelson Renteria; Writing by Robert Campbell, editing by Philip Barbara)
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