Thousands of residents and tourists have been fleeing coastal areas in Central America as Hurricane Felix churns through the Caribbean.
It has weakened to a category four storm but is still packing winds of 230km/h (145mph) and is "extremely dangerous", warned forecasters. The hurricane is expected to hit the coast on the border between Nicaragua and Honduras early on Tuesday. It comes just two weeks after Hurricane Dean killed 18 people in the region.
The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the storm could dump up to 30cm (12in) of rain in isolated parts of northern Honduras and north-eastern Nicaragua, possibly bringing flash floods and mudslides. On Sunday, Felix struck Aruba and two of the Netherlands Antilles islands near Venezuela - Bonaire and Curacao - but damage appeared slight. Felix is the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, which is expected to peak on 10 September.
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