Hurricane Felix slammed into Nicaragua's Miskito Coast as a record-setting Category 5 monster storm Tuesday, whipping metal rooftops through the air like razors and forcing thousands to flee. "The winds are horrible," Red Cross official Claudio Vanegas said by phone from the Nicaraguan town of Puerto Cabezas shortly after Felix struck land nearby with winds of 260 kph (160 mph). "They send roofs flying through the air, so we aren't going outside because it is too dangerous."
Meanwhile, off Mexico's Pacific coast, Hurricane Henriette bore down on upscale Cabo San Lucas, a resort popular with Hollywood stars and sports fishermen. The US National Hurricane Center said it had winds of 120 kph (75 mph) and that the center would likely hit land Tuesday afternoon. |