Nahuala, Guatemala (CNN) -- Officials say about 40 people were buried in two landslides here. Four of them were Carlos Coti's family members.
"They left behind 20 orphans, because each one had four, five or six children they left behind," he said.
The first landslide knocked a number of vehicles and a bus off the road. When nearby residents rushed to the scene to help, a second mudslide crashed down on the same spot, the nation's disaster agency said.
Constant rains have forced rescue crews to stop and restart their searches for the missing, as anxious family members look on.
Disaster officials report that torrential rains and landslides have left at least 44 dead, 56 injured and 16 missing. On Monday, President Alvaro Colom declared three days of national mourning.
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