Thousands of people in shelters as storm causes floods and deadly landslides
Tropical Storm Eta spun through northern Nicaragua on Wednesday after lashing the country’s Caribbean coast for much of the past day, its floodwaters setting off landslides that killed at least three people.
The storm had weakened from the category 4 hurricane that battered the coast, but it was moving so slowly and bringing so much rain that much of Central America was on high alert. Eta had sustained winds of 60mph and was moving westward at 8mph.
Continue reading…Thousands of people in shelters as storm causes floods and deadly landslidesTropical Storm Eta spun through northern Nicaragua on Wednesday after lashing the country’s Caribbean coast for much of the past day, its floodwaters setting off landslides that killed at least three people.The storm had weakened from the category 4 hurricane that battered the coast, but it was moving so slowly and bringing so much rain that much of Central America was on high alert. Eta had sustained winds of 60mph and was moving westward at 8mph. Continue reading…