Death toll from Hurricane Stan rises to 353 in Guatemala
Death toll from Hurricane Stan has reached 353 in Guatemala, the country's disaster reduction body said late Friday in the capital Guatemala City.

The Guatemalan National Disaster Reduction Coordination said 200 more bodies were found in the mud in a village of San Marcos Province near the border with Mexico, raising the total death toll to 353.

Guatemalan President Oscar Berger has cancelled a trip to Spain for the 14th Ibero-American Summit because of the disaster.

The president said Friday after inspecting the devastated areas that more than 4,400 houses had been flooded and up to 178,000 people had fallen victim to the hurricane.

Guatemala declared a state of "public disaster" on Wednesday after huge damage caused by Stan, which reached Category One on the 5-category Saffir-Simpson scale.

Guatemala is the worst-hit country by Hurricane Stan, which has killed 453 people in southern Mexico and Central America.