[NYTr] Felix Weakens after Destruction in C.America; Honduras Still on Alert
 
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:25:15 -0500 (CDT)


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Felix Becomes Tropical Depression

Washington, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) After hitting northern Nicaragua,
Hurricane Felix became a tropical depression and continues weakening
Wednesday as it moves over the Central American mountains, although
heavy rains are still expected in the region.

According to the most recent report of the US National Hurricane Center
in Miami this morning, Felix was at 14 degrees North Latitude and 87
degrees West Longitude, near Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Felix is the sixth Atlantic storm and the second hurricane to be named
this season that began June 1 and continues through November 30.

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Mexico Trembles from Storms, Quakes

Mexico, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Mexico is caught between Hurricane
Henriette still hitting Baja California and Felix in the Yucatan
Peninsula, with an offshore earthquake on Tuesday.

Heavy rains flooded several areas in Baja California Sur where
Henriette hit Tuesday with sustained winds of 86.99 m/h. It is expected
to weaken and exit to the sea Wednesday.

The capital, La Paz, expects the eye of the storm to pass through and
some 5,000 people were evacuated and power cuts from downed lines are
the damages reported so far without victims.

An earthquake of 5.0 degrees in the Richter Scale occurred Tuesday at
21:07 local time with epicenter 35.41 miles offshore and six miles deep.

Quintana Roo, Campeche and Yucatan states, all in central Yucatan
Peninsula, plus Veracruz and Chiapas, enacted a yellow alert as they
still recover from the damages of Hurricane Dean.

The state-run Civil Protection Office (CPO) of Chiapas has declared a
permanent alert for Felix that already affected Central America. 

The CPO says rescue brigades and the police, in coordination with the
Army and Navy, are touring communities and areas at risk since the rain
and winds of Felix are expected to start affecting the area on Thursday.

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Honduras on Alert Despite Weaker Felix

Tegucigalpa, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) The fear of possible landslides has
the Honduran capital under maximum alert, although Hurricane Felix has
been depleted, going from highest Category 5 to a tropical storm on the
Saffir-Simpson scale.

Hurricane Felix comes weakened to Honduras after its devastating course
over Nicaragua, but authorities fear that constant rains will cause
rivers to overflow and flood low-lying places, recalling the effect of
tropical storm Mitch when it struck in 1998 and 10,000 people died.

At least four people died in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua from the impact
of Hurricane Felix, the second category 5 hurricane of the season.

The Permanent Contingency Commission said 23,778 people were evacuated
in Honduras, most of them in the departments of Gracias a Dios and
Islas de la Bahia, where Felix destroyed 123 dwellings.

Authorities expect rain accumulation of up to 2 inches during the next
12 hours, until the tropical storm dissipates or enters Salvadoran
national territory.

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