Tropical Storm Agatha slammed into Guatemala's Pacific coast near the Mexican border on Saturday, lashing the region with torrential rains and killing at least 13 people. Agatha, the first named storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, brewed up on Saturday morning and quickly raced inland. It was blamed for the deaths of 12 people in Guatemala and one in El Salvador. Guatemala declared a state of emergency as heavy rain hammered the Central American nation, triggering mudslides that cut off roads, buried houses and stoked fears about the fate of Central America's biggest coffee crop, already at risk due to a volcanic eruption, Reuters reported.
