Tropical Storm Nate blamed for 22 deaths; threatens US coast
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Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose  Costa Rica  Thursday  Oct. 5  2017.  Tropical Storm Nate  formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as  it  spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (Moises Castillo/Associated Press)
MANAGUA  Nicaragua â  Newly formed Tropical Storm Nate  was blamed Thursday for at least 22 deaths across Central America as  it  dumped rain across the region on a path that would carry  it  toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said  the storm  could cause dangerous flooding by dumping as much as 15 to 20 inches (38 to 50 centimeters) of rain as  it  moved over Honduras  with higher accumulations in a few places.
In Nicaragua  Nateâs arrival followed two weeks of near-constant rain that had left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. Authorities placed the whole country on alert and warned of flooding and landslides.
Neighbors walk under the rain past a washed out road in Alajuelita on the outskirts of San Jose  Costa Rica  Thursday  Oct. 5  2017.  Tropical Storm Nate  formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Thursday and was being blamed for at least 17 deaths in Central America as  it  spun north toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend. (Moises Castillo/Associated Press)
MANAGUA  Nicaragua â   [TGT] was blamed Thursday for at least 22 deaths across Central America as   [TGT]   dumped rain across the region on a path that would carry   [TGT]   toward a potential landfall on the U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane over the weekend.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said   [TGT] could cause dangerous flooding by dumping as much as 15 to 20 inches (38 to 50 centimeters) of rain as  it  moved over Honduras  with higher accumulations in a few places.
In Nicaragua  Nateâs arrival followed two weeks of near-constant rain that had left the ground saturated and rivers swollen. Authorities placed the whole country on alert and warned of flooding and landslides.