I blogged a little on Monday when we were in the bus on the way home and in the morning before we left about the landslides just outside of Guatemala City. Here are the "up-close and personal" photos we took while sitting beside the area. The two lanes out of the city are completely covered with the mud/debris from the landslide. They are not trying to remove the dirt at this time because they believe it will cause the area above to slide again. They are working hard to construct two new temporary lanes around the immediate area of the problem to avoid the long delays they have been having. We sat at the same spot for about 20 minutes waiting our turn to move up the hill past the landslide area. We took all of the pictures from the bus--you can see how close we were . . . I was definitely praying that the mud and the broken walls didn't start moving again.
Mud and debris covering the south bound lanes includes parts of cement retaining walls.
Constructing two temporary lanes to relieve the traffic backup.
Great idea, but they are right on the side of the mountain!
A view of one of the houses at risk of collapsing.
It rained more yesterday as we left the city . . . . the landslide could get worse before it gets better.
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