![]() ![]() Hours earlier in Bluefields, Nicaragua, one of the main coastal towns buffeted by the storm, fishermen had been busy safeguarding their boats as people rushed to buy groceries and withdraw money from ATMs. ![]() Maintaining its tropical storm strength, Julia is forecast to produce five to 10 inches (12.7 to 25.4 centimeters) of rain in Nicaragua and El Salvador, with isolated pockets receiving as much as 15 inches. Julia was expected to emerge off the Pacific coast by Sunday evening, then shift northwestward to "parallel the Pacific coasts of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala tonight and Monday." "This rainfall may cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides across Central America today and Monday," with dangerous conditions also reaching southern Mexico, the NHC said in its latest advisory. Maximum sustained winds were estimated at 85 miles per hour (140 kph) when the storm made landfall near the Laguna de Perlas area at 0715 GMT, the country's weather agency said.īy late morning, the fifth Atlantic hurricane of the season had weakened slightly to a tropical storm with top sustained winds at near 70 miles per hour as it churned westward across Nicaragua.īut the US National Hurricane Center warned that Julia - whose center was some 65 miles northeast of the capital Managua at 1500 GMT - was still packing a punch, not just for Nicaragua but for neighboring countries. ![]()
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