Linda Young - AHN Editor
Bluefields, Nicaragua (AHN) - Ida downgraded to a tropical depression after making landfall in Nicaragua Thursday, but it is still a powerful storm dumping large amounts of water as it moves toward the Honduras border.
Tropical Storm Ida has maximum sustained winds of only 35 miles per hour now, but it has maintained its forward motion speed of 6 mph, which is expected to increase within the next few days, according to the 4 a.m. advisory from forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
Ida is moving north through eastern Nicaragua and approaching the Honduras border, hurricane center forecasters said.
The slow-moving storm has been dropping drenching rainfall with maximum accumulations of 15 to 20 inches possible over elevated terrain in Nicaragua and Honduras. There is also the possibility of "life-threatening flash floods and mud slides," forecasters said.
Ida is expected to emerge over the northwestern Caribbean Sea Friday night or Saturday morning, where some strengthening is likely, forecasters.
As AHN reported earlier, Ida is expected to pass Cancun, Mexico early next week and Ida, or its remnants, could make landfall along the United States Gulf Coast sometime next week, but it will probably be a weaker storm, forecasters say
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