<p>Eleven people from one family died Sunday in Panama when their home was swept away in a flash flood as they slept, officials said.</p>.<p>Nine of them were minors, said Carlos Rumbo, head of the national civil protection service.</p>.<p>Two other people are missing in the sudden rise of the Bejuco River in Veraguas province west of Panama City.</p>.<p>President Laurentino Cortizo expressed his condolences on Twitter.</p>.<p>The civil protection service had warned Sunday of heavy storms with lightning and gusting winds in much of the Central American country.</p>
<p>Eleven people from one family died Sunday in Panama when their home was swept away in a flash flood as they slept, officials said.</p>.<p>Nine of them were minors, said Carlos Rumbo, head of the national civil protection service.</p>.<p>Two other people are missing in the sudden rise of the Bejuco River in Veraguas province west of Panama City.</p>.<p>President Laurentino Cortizo expressed his condolences on Twitter.</p>.<p>The civil protection service had warned Sunday of heavy storms with lightning and gusting winds in much of the Central American country.</p>