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Hurricane destroys homes, kills 18 in Nicaragua

PUERTO CABEZAS (Nicaragua): Desperate families searched through Wednesday night for scores of missing Nicaraguans on the Caribbean coast where Hurricane Felix blew away villages, flooded rivers and killed at least 18 persons.

Two deaths in Honduras were blamed on Felix. Emergency officials were sending badly needed aid to the regional capital of Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua, but had yet to reach isolated villages cut off by the storm where civil defence officials said at least 60 persons were missing.

As Felix’s remnants drenched Central America, Hurricane Henriette ploughed into Mexico. — AP

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