Follow-up: Dual storms pound Mexico and Central America

The death toll has risen to 38 64 as Hurricane Felix rolled through several Central American countries. Concerns about mudslides and flash floods remained in Honduras though worse hit by the storm was the Miskito Coast region of eastern Nicaragua where over 30,000 homes were either damaged or destroyed. Despite being grateful that the storm did not reach the magnitude of 1998’s Hurricane Mitch, Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega still emphasized the damage caused by Felix:

"There are more than 200 people missing. We are talking about really serious damage."

Meanwhile, Hurricane Henriette has been downgraded to a tropical storm but not before causing serious damage while traveling over mainland Mexico. The storm’s death toll is nine after two fishermen died in Baja California. The National Weather Service warned that it could bring as much as a foot of rain in isolated areas and cause flash flooding in northern Mexico.

Earlier this week, both storms reached landfall after strengthening over warm ocean waters.

Image- BBC News

Sources- AFP, Baltimore Sun, Wikipedia, Guardian UK, International Herald Tribune, Reuters, UK, The Latin Americanist