Hurricane Ida Path,Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Ida Path,Hurricane Ida: At least 42 people have been killed in El Salvador following three days of torrential rains caused by Hurricane Ida, government officials said. The toll was expected to rise as rescue teams moved into areas that have been cut off by mudslides, Humberto Centeno, the country’s interior minister, said on Sunday.

Hurricane Ida Path,Hurricane Ida:At least 42 people have been killed in El Salvador following three days of torrential rains caused by Hurricane Ida, government officials said.

The toll was expected to rise as rescue teams moved into areas that have been cut off by mudslides, Humberto Centeno, the country’s interior minister, said on Sunday.

A separate low pressure system may have also contributed to the rain, forecasters said.

News of the deaths came as the storm gathered strength off the coast of the Mexican resort city of Cancun on the Yucatan peninsula on Sunday.

Hurricane watch

Weather forecasters in the US predicted the storm would head towards the US later this week, where the authorities have issued a hurricane watch for the US Gulf Coast.

“A hurricane watch is in effect from Grand Isle, Louisiana to the Mississippi/Alabama border. This watch does not include the city of New Orleans [Louisiana],” a statement from the US National Hurricane Centre said.

“A hurricane watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area … generally within 36 hours.”

Forecasters declared Ida a hurricane on Thursday as it passed off the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua, bringing heavy rains and destroying homes.

The rains caused thousands of people to seek shelter out of the storm’s path.

The storm weakened into a tropical storm before reaching hurricane status again late on Saturday with sustained winds of near 145kph, US forecasters said.