In El Salvador, the hardest hit country so far, three people died Monday in a landslide triggered by floods in the western district of Tacuba, in the department of Ahuachapan, police reported on the social network X.

Those deaths follow a previous fatality recorded on Sunday after a tree and a pole fell on a car that was traveling on a highway in the capital.

That same day, at night, Congress approved a state of emergency to facilitate the mobilisation of resources.

Rains have been slamming both countries since Saturday.

In Guatemala, a 59-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man died on Sunday in the village of Chacaya, in the western Sacapulas municipality, when they were buried by a collapsed wall, authorities said.

Dozens to hundreds die each year in Central America as the rainy season leaves extensive damage to countries’ infrastructure.