Julia kills 14 in Central America because it churns towards Mexico By Reuters

By Nelson Renteria

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -The dying toll from Tropical storm Julia rose to not less than 14 on Monday, officers mentioned, with victims confirmed in El Salvador and Honduras, because the weakening storm dumped heavy rainfall on a swath of Central America and southern Mexico.

Salvadoran authorities reported the deaths of 9 individuals as of Monday morning attributable to Julia, together with 5 troopers, whereas not less than 830 individuals had been evacuated.

Authorities in each El Salvador and Guatemala additionally canceled courses on Monday.

In Honduras, 5 victims have been confirmed together with a 22-year-old lady who died Sunday after she was swept away by flood waters, and a younger lady and a four-year-old boy in a ship that capsized close to the Nicaragua border on Saturday evening, officers mentioned.

Julia made landfall Sunday on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast earlier than crossing into the Pacific Ocean.

On Monday, the storm was transferring northwest at 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) alongside the coast of El Salvador towards Guatemala, based on the U.S. Nationwide Hurricane Middle (NHC).

The Miami-based NHC estimated that Julia’s most sustained winds presently stand at about 35 mph (56 km/h) with its middle situated some 35 miles northeast of Puerto San Jose Guatemala on the Pacific coast.

It’s seen weakening on Monday night.

However heavy rains might however trigger life-threatening flash floods and mudslides because it dissipates, the NHC mentioned, with 5-10 inches of rainfall anticipated in El Salvador and southern Guatemala.

Mexico’s isthmus of Tehuantepec and western Honduras are forecast to obtain 3-6 inches of rain, with much less rainfall seen in Nicaragua, Honduras and northern Guatemala, based on NHC estimates.

Honduran authorities added that 9,200 individuals sought refuge in shelters.

In Nicaragua, Julia left 1,000,000 individuals with out energy and heavy rains and floods compelled the evacuations of greater than 13,000 households.