Authorities prepare for heavy rain and flash floods in Central America and Southern Mexico through early next week as Hurricane Julia closes in
Landfall is expected between the coastal communities of Orinoco and Laguna de Perlas, north of Bluefields, said Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo.
Tropical storm Julia has turned into a hurricane as it swirled towards Central America, where it is expected to make landfall along Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. "Julia has become a hurricane with 75 mile-per-hour maximum sustained winds" as it passed near Colombia, the US National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.
The NHC added that "life-threatening flash floods and mudslides" were possible due to heavy rain "over Central America and Southern Mexico through early next week." An official from Colombia's environment ministry said the hurricane had touched down on the Caribbean islands along with a third, Santa Catalina, at about 2300 GMT , causing rain and lightning in the country's north.Flash floods and mudslides from heavy rain are possible in the upcoming days in the region.
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