At least eight people dead as Julia hits Guatemala, El Salvador with torrential rains

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Julia was centred about 60 kilometres east-northeast of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, and was moving west-northwest

Now a tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it re-emerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.Police said two people died in the eastern El Salvador town of Guatajiagua after heavy rains caused a wall of their home to collapse. Another man in El Salvador and one in Nicaragua died when trees fell on them.

In neighbouring Honduras, a 22-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man died after they were swept away by currents, and two people died when their boat swamped or capsized in northern Honduras. The centre said life-threatening flash floods and mudslides were possible across Central America and southern Mexico through Tuesday, with the storm expected to bring as much as 15 inches of rain in isolated areas.

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