the balance of the intense rains that hit the city

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June 23, 2026June 23, 2026By Mario Vásquez
the balance of the intense rains that hit the city

The heavy rains recorded this Monday, June 22, caused emergencies in different sectors of Guatemala City, where the death of a teenager, landslides, fallen trees, landslides and road damage were reported.

The most serious emergency occurred at the entrance to the Santa Elena 2 neighborhood, zone 18, where A 13-year-old teenager died after being swept away by a current, The Municipal Firefighters reported.

According to lifeguards, several minors were swept away by the current. Upon arriving at the scene, they located the teenager in a ditch and carried out maneuvers to extract him. Subsequently, Emergency Medical Technicians performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation; However, they were unable to save his life.

On 29th avenue at the end of zone 5, A landslide caused damage to homes and forced several residents to evacuate.

Volunteer Firefighters reported that a considerable portion of the slope gave way, causing damage to a structure located at the top of the slope and the collapse of sheets and other materials towards homes located at the bottom.

In addition, several poles and overhead cables were affected by the earth movement.

Preliminarily, no buried people or victims have been reported.

Municipal firefighters indicated that mainly children and older adults were evacuated. Some residents remained in the area for fear of robberies in their homes.

The rains also caused a landslide in the Vuelta del Sol sector, zone 24, on the route to Canalitos.

Amílcar Montejo, Director of Communication of the Metropolitan Transport and Transit Regulatory Entity (Emetra), reported that personnel from the Clean and Green unit carried out work to remove material and enable vehicular passage.

The Municipality of Guatemala indicated that it has personnel deployed to attend to emergencies and recommended that residents report incidents to telephone numbers 1551 and 2389-1099.

In zone 17, municipal personnel attended to the fall of a tree in Residenciales del Norte, an incident attributed to heavy rains.

In addition, videos broadcast on social networks showed how a current swept large amounts of garbage towards the Canalitos route, in zone 24.

At the national level, Valeria Urizar, spokesperson for the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conred), reported that during the rainy season of 2026 the Conred System has responded to 560 emergencies, which have affected more than nine thousand people.

According to the institution, Alta Verapaz is the department with the highest number of incidents reported, with 99 emergencies attended.

Urizar added that in the last 24 hours three emergencies were attended to in Santa María Cahabón, Alta Verapaz; Colomba Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango; and San Juan Ostuncalco, Quetzaltenango. Incidents in the capital are not included in this Conred report.

The authorities reiterated the call to the population to avoid crossing swollen rivers or flooded streets, keep the 72-hour backpack ready and stay informed through official channels.

More rain

Rains could intensify in Guatemala during the next few days due to the passage of two eastern waves that will affect the national territory between June 22 and 27, reported the National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh).

Until June 20, nine eastern waves had been recorded in the country. The tenth entered this June 22 and the eleventh is expected between June 26 and 27.

Edwin Rojas, director of Insivumeh, explained that these systems will favor the entry of abundant humidity and conditions of atmospheric instability, which will increase cloudiness and precipitation in much of the national territory.

For the period between June 22 and 28, rain accompanied by electrical activity is forecast during the afternoon and early evening, mainly from the south to the center of the country.

First responders inspect the area affected by a landslide on 29th Avenue at the end of zone 5, where several homes were damaged.

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