![]() ![]() Flooding drove 5,000 residents into emergency shelters. She didn’t give details on all the deaths, but said two women and a man who worked for the Health Ministry were swept away by a flooded canal in the central municipality of Juigalpa.Ĭosta Rica’s Judicial Investigation Organism blamed seven deaths in that country on the storm and said 15 people were missing. Earlier Thursday she had said 15 people had died before later revising to say some of those were still counted as missing. Nicaragua’s vice president and spokeswoman, Rosario Murillo, said that at least 11 people had died in that country due to the storm. Authorities placed the whole country on alert and warned of flooding and landslides. In Nicaragua, Nate’s arrival followed two weeks of near-constant rain that had left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. Carlos Joaquin said it appeared the storm would stay well offshore and not hit land, adding “that, I believe, is good news.” The storm was located about 500 miles (800 kilometers) south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River and was moving north-northwest at 22 mph (35 kph).Īuthorities cancelled Friday afternoon classes in parts of Mexico’s Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo, where Cozumel and Cancun are located. Gulf coast near New Orleans late Saturday as a hurricane, according to the hurricane center. ![]() The storm had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) by Friday night and was likely to strengthen over the Gulf of Mexico, reaching the U.S. The center added metropolitan New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain to its latest hurricane warning. It had already had caused deadly flooding in much of Central America. National Hurricane Center warned that Nate could raise sea levels by 4 to 7 feet (1.2 to 2.1 meters) from Morgan City, Louisiana, to the Alabama-Florida border. Mississippi’s government said it would open 11 evacuation shelters in areas away from the immediate coast, with buses available for people who can’t drive. ![]()
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