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SAN SALVADOR — The death toll from Tropical Storm Julia rose to at least 14 on Monday, officials said, with victims confirmed in El Salvador and Honduras, as the weakening storm dumped heavy rainfall on a swath of Central America and southern Mexico.

Salvadoran authorities reported the deaths of nine people as of Monday morning due to Julia, including five soldiers, while at least 830 people had been evacuated.

Schools in both El Salvador and Guatemala also canceled classes on Monday.

In Honduras, five victims have been confirmed including a 22-year-old woman who died Sunday after she was swept away by floodwaters, and a young woman and a 4-year-old boy in a boat that capsized near the Nicaragua border on Saturday night, officials said.

Julia made landfall Sunday on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast before crossing into the Pacific Ocean.

On Monday, the storm was moving northwest at 15 miles per hour along the coast of El Salvador toward Guatemala, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).

The Miami-based NHC estimated that Julia’s maximum sustained winds stand at about 35 mph with its center located some 35 miles northeast of Puerto San Jose Guatemala on the Pacific coast.


  Residents cleaning debris from a mudslide caused by Tropical Storm Julia in San Salvador, El Salvador, on October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas Residents cleaning debris from a mudslide caused by Tropical Storm Julia in San Salvador, El Salvador, on October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

  A man carrying an empty water tank through a flooded area in Progreso, Honduras, on October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Yoseph Amaya A man carrying an empty water tank through a flooded area in Progreso, Honduras, on October 9, 2022. REUTERS/Yoseph Amaya

It is seen weakening on Monday evening.

But heavy rains could nevertheless cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides as it dissipates, the NHC said, with 5 to 10 inches of rainfall expected in El Salvador and southern Guatemala.

Mexico’s isthmus of Tehuantepec and western Honduras are forecast to receive 3 to 6 inches of rain, with less rainfall seen in Nicaragua, Honduras and northern Guatemala, according to NHC estimates.


  People walking through floodwaters in Yoro, Honduras, during Tropical Storm Julia on October 9, 2022. Photo by WENDELL ESCOTO/AFP via Getty Images People walking through floodwaters in Yoro, Honduras, during Tropical Storm Julia on October 9, 2022. Photo by WENDELL ESCOTO/AFP via Getty Images

Honduran authorities added that 9,200 people sought refuge in shelters.

In Nicaragua, Julia left a million people without power and heavy rains and floods forced the evacuations of more than 13,000 families.

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