Felix is now down to a Category 1 and has crossed the border into Honduras. However, the Category designation only talks about the strength of the winds, not about the amount of rain it is bringing. La Prensa, one of the Nicaraguan national newspapers, is reporting 4 dead (so far reported) on the Atlantic coast and 5,500 houses destroyed. There is a picture of what used to be a wooden house... it now resembles a pile of lumber.
What will still make the biggest difference for my inland friends, however, is the amount of rain which falls, and how quickly the storm moves out. The worst damage during Mitch was caused, not by the winds, but by the rain and the consequent mudslides.
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