Tropical Storm Julia claims 19 lives in Central America

By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: Nineteen people in Central America lost their lives due to Tropical Storm Julia, NPR reports.

Guatemalan authorities say that 5 people died after a hillside collapsed on their home and in El Salvador, 5 Army soldiers died after a wall collapsed at a house where they had sought refuge. 

Two more people died in eastern El Salvador after heavy rains caused a wall of their home to collapse. Another man in El Salvador died when he was swept away by a current, and another died when a tree fell on him.

In Honduras, a woman died after being swept away by currents and 3 people died when their boat capsized.

A Nicaraguan man was killed by a falling tree.

Hurricane Julia dumped torrential rains in Guatemala, El Salvador and Belize today after it emerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Julia continues to produce flash flooding across Central America. 

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