This footage was filmed and produced 26 September 2023.

Rescuers supported by the army resumed this Tuesday the search for 13 people missing after a river overflowed, due to heavy rains that devastated homes in Guatemala City.

"From the early hours of today (Tuesday), they reactivated the search, location and rescue operations for missing people, as a result of the emergency due to the overflowing of the El Naranjo River," the spokesperson for the Coordinator for the Disaster Reduction (Conred), Rodolfo García.

The mishap occurred in the early hours of Monday when a strong flood of the El Naranjo River destroyed the homes in the Dios Es Fiel settlement, located below a vehicular bridge.

The current caused by the rains carried away stones, trees, earth and debris and destroyed the precarious houses in the area, mostly built with zinc sheets.

About 13 people are still missing, out of a total of 19 reported victims, among them a dozen children, according to Conred.

This footage illustrates work of rescuers in Guatemala City, Guatemala.