Search for El Salvador survivors

Soldiers and civilians in the small Salvadorean town of Verapaz are now searching debris left by a landslide for missing people.



A torrent of mud and boulders from the Chichontepec volcano hit the town near the capital, San Salvador, on Sunday, wrecking 300 homes and burying cars.



The official death toll across El Salvador after days of heavy rainstorms now stands at 130 people.



President Mauricio Funes has since declared a national state of emergency.



The BBC\'s weather centre says the disastrous rains were mainly caused by a low pressure system in the Pacific, which was linked indirectly to Hurricane Ida.



Ida, which passed the country three days ago, was downgraded to a tropical storm as it crossed the Gulf of Mexico earlier today.