Felix Toll in Nicaragua
Rises
The official death toll
caused by category 5
Hurricane Felix rose
above 40 in Nicaragua
Thursday, and may rise
above that, since dead
are reported in the
waters of Honduras and
on Misquitios keys.
RAAN Governor (North
Atlantic Autonomous
Region) Reynaldo Francis
said that people rescued
in the Misquitos keys
report people dead on
those islands, where
fishing communities of
Miskito Indians live on
reefs along the
Honduran-Nicaraguan
border.
SINAPRED director
(National System for
Disaster Prevention,
Mitigation and
Assistance) Col. Ramon
Arnesto Soza reported
tens of thousands of
people have been left
homeless by the
hurricane.
According to Soza, the
nearly 50,000 affected
people have begun
receiving government
aid, while international
aid is starting to
arrive in Nicaragua.
The Honduras president
sent 10 military
doctors, who the joined
Cuban Medical Brigade
which has been in RAAN
since April, as part of
the agreements of
cooperation in the area
of health signed between
Havana and Managua.
The US sent a military
Chinook helicopter to
aid local Air Force in
rescue operations, while
a Venezuelan airplane is
expected today with
food, water, and
medicine.
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