[NYTr] Ortega Tours Devastated Areas of Nicaragua
 
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 16:48:56 -0500 (CDT)


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PL via Granma International - Sep 5, 2007
http://www.granma.cu/ingles/2007/septiembre/mier5/nicaraguan-president.html

Nicaraguan president tours areas hit by Hurricane Felix

MANAGUA, September 5 (PL).b Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega traveled
today to communities devastated by Hurricane Felix, which caused at
least four deaths and left 35,000 severely affected as it hit the North
Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN).

Ortega declared a state of emergency in the region yesterday after
hearing a preliminary report. The extent of the damage will be
ascertained as the affected areas are visited.

Felix hit the northeast region of the Central American country with
winds of up to 260 kilometers per hour, making it a Category 5
hurricane, the most severe on the Saffir-Simpson scale.

In the city of Puerto Cabezas, 536 kilometers northeast of Managua, 90%
of houses lost their roofs while in the RAAN it was reported that 5,000
dwellings had been destroyed.

During his tour of the region along the Honduran border, the president
was able to meet his counterpart in that neighboring country, Manuel
Zelaya, who is expecting Felix to affect territories in that nation on
Wednesday, now downgraded to tropical storm status.

The stormbs weakening does not, however, negate its danger. The
intermittent rain that has been falling for many hours in northern
Nicaragua is threatening the area with the possibility of floods and
mudslides.

Translated by Granma International

 
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