9/5/2007
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico : Tropical depression Felix is forecast to dump up to 25 inches (64 centimeters) of rain on parts of Nicaragua and Honduras, officials said early Wednesday, triggering fears of flooding and mudslides in areas where shantytowns cling precariously to hillsides.
At least three people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed as Felix, which slammed into Central America's remote Miskito coastline as a powerful Category 5 hurricane before weakening, pushed over Nicaragua and Honduras on Tuesday, officials said.
Hurricane Henriette, meanwhile, made landfall on the region's west coast just hours after Felix hit, and punished resorts on the southern tip of Baja California. Henriette forced airports to close and left tourists to face driving rain and 15-foot (4.6-meter) waves, but caused no deaths as it headed toward mainland Mexico.
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