Tropical Storms Alma and Arthur Sweeps Central America
In Guatemala Orange Alert was issued yesterday. State of emergency was declared in Palin due to severe flooding. Rivers are overflowing from the heavy rains.
In belize, Prime Minister Dean Barrow declared a disaster area Tuesday in southern Belize's Stann Creek Valley, and the government rushed food, water and clothing to more than 13,000 people affected by the floods.
Over the weekend, Pacific Tropical Storm Alma swept over Belize hours before Tropical Storm Arthur roared in from the Caribbean at the Mexico-Belize border. The government confirmed four people died and three were missing.
In Honduras 3 people died. Nicaragua's navy announced it found the storm-wrecked boat and body of one of three Costa Rican fishermen missing since Thursday, and it was still searching for the two other missing men. One man was electrocuted earlier by wind-whipped power lines in Nicaragua. Mexico has also been severly affected.
Thousands of people had to evacuate their homes and many more are expected to do the same. We are monitoring this and will keep you updated.
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