Hurricane Felix death toll rises in Nicaragua - 颱風討論

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The authorities say 18,477 have been displaced and housed in more than 100
temporary hostels, 8,848 houses were destroyed and the communication networks
have collapsed.

Hurricane Felix has left a trail of devastation in its path through
Nicaragua. 100,000 people have lost their homes or have been injured, and the
death toll which is already near the hundred, threatens to increase
drastically, reports EFE.

The effects of Felix on the Nicaraguan North Caribbean, where it entered the
country last Tuesday with winds of 260 kilometers an hour, have turned out to
be much worse than first estimates.

The Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic has been declared in a state of
disaster. It is rural and marshy, and in the current circumstances it is
almost impossible the access the area whose population is approximately
200,000 people.

The authorities say 18,477 have been displaced and housed in more than 100
temporary hostels, 8,848 houses were destroyed and the communication networks
have collapsed.

Of the almost hundred of victims (91 registered deaths), 52 are indigenous
Misquitos who were shipwrecked heading for Honduras, where they sought to
take refuge from the hurricane.

Source: Granma


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