SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Authorities searched flooded and mud-caked communities Wednesday for victims of storms spawned by Hurricane Stan that left a trail of destruction and killed 82 people across Central America.

The former Category 1 hurricane had weakened to a depression over the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Wednesday.

While the worst seemed to be over in some areas, authorities were still searching for victims from the high winds and rain that washed out bridges, tore down roofs and inundated highways.

Officials in El Salvador’s capital said 49 people had been killed, mostly due to mudslides unleashed by two days of rain.

More than 16,700 Salvadorans had fled their homes for 167 shelters nationwide.

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