Tropical storm Amanda made landfall in El Salvador on Sunday, dumping heavy rain and unleashing floods that left at least 10 people dead.
”We are facing a critical situation,” El Salvador Interior Minister Mario Duran said. ”The situation in all of the country and especially in the metropolitan area of San Salvador is grave.”
A young man rides a bike next to a bridge over the Los Esclavos river, with a significant rise in its flow due to the continuous rains caused by tropical storm Amanda, in Cuilapa, Guatemala The National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) maintains the red alert for rains in Guatemala and has enabled several shelters in case of evacuation. EPA-EFE/Esteban Biba Over 2 million of the 6.6 million inhabitants of El Salvador live in the capital city’s metropolitan area.
Amanda is the first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific season and made landfall carrying maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph).
Amanda’s downpours threaten to cause further flooding in southern Guatemala, western Honduras and southeastern Mexico, with lesser accumulations over parts of Nicaragua and Belize.
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