At least eight deaths, four in Honduras, three in El Salvador and one in Nicaragua, and thousands of victims have left storm Julia in Central America. Today Monday was whipping Guatemala.
Julia made landfall in El Salvador on Sunday with heavy downpours and sustained winds of 70 kmph. Rivers overflowed, trees fell on highways, and streets were flooded.
The Salvadoran Congress decreed a national state of emergency for 15 days on Saturday night and empowered Civil Protection to carry out mandatory evacuations of populations at risk. The capital’s international airport restricted some operations, but kept commercial flights active on Monday morning.
In Honduras, firefighters confirmed the rescue in the northern municipality of Choloma of the body of a 22-year-old woman who died on Saturday when she was swept away by the current of a river that swelled due to heavy rains. Likewise, the municipal authorities reported the death of three people when a canoe capsized in the northern municipality of Brus Laguna.
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In Nicaragua, Monday dawned clear and sunny in most of the affected regions, although it continued to rain in the departments of León and Chinandega, the last areas hit by Julia when leaving the national territory.
The mayor of the northern department of Jinotega, Leónidas Centeno, reported that a 24-year-old man died on Sunday in the community of Las Latas when a tree fell on him.
The authorities maintain the state of red alert and for this Monday they ordered to suspend classes in all public and private schools, colleges and universities. They also asked to take precautions due to the floods caused by the rain and the overflow of at least 78 rivers in different areas of the country.
In the Caribbean town of Bluefields, many people woke up repairing the roofs of their homes and clearing streets covered with logs and garbage. The city was left without electricity. Several trees fell on power lines.
In Guatemala, the first official data revealed two men aged 54 and 30 who disappeared in the municipality of Cahabón when they were crossing a river
The government ordered the deployment of civil and military personnel to support the victims and firefighters and the Red Cross are in the affected areas supporting the evacuation of hundreds of people. The Ministry of Education suspended classes.
Associated Press/OnCuba.
