In pictures: Tropical Storm Stan brings havoc
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Tropical Storm Stan has lashed Central America, killing more than 150 people and leaving thousands homeless. In Usulutan, El Salvador, children were among the many left shocked and homeless. -
The ferocity of the storm has left many rescuers reeling. In San Salvador's Modelo neighbourhood, rescue teams helped people flee their submerged houses through the angry floodwaters. -
Storm-damaged roads have rendered many regions inaccessible. One bus struck by a mudslide came to rest next to a house along a highway in Guatemala. -
The bodies of the dead have carried away through rubble-strewn streets. This victim was one of five members of a family killed by a mudslide in the Santa Marta neighbourhood, south of San Salvador. -
Friends and relatives comforted a surviving member of the family as grief overcame her. -
Amid the devastation, a child found solace in the arms of a firefighter by the Coatan river in Tapachula, Mexico. -
Some families have been forced to flee their storm-hit homes in search of food and shelter. These indigenous Guatemalans set off down a rain-soaked road in a desperate hunt for help. -
Some survivors who made it to safety were housed in makeshift refugee camps, like this one in Mexico City. -
Other survivors were left surveying the ruins of their communities in disbelief. The damage done to lives and homes may take years to overcome.