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Tropical Storm Eta Dumps Massive Rainfall On Central America

Although significantly diminished from its status as a Category 4 hurricane when it made landfall, Eta continues to pose a flooding danger, especially to Nicaragua and neighboring Honduras.
Men walk along a flooded road Wednesday in Toyos, Honduras, after heavy rains from Eta caused a river to overflow.

Tropical Storm Eta, which hit Nicaragua's coast as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, continues dumping heavy rain on the region, washing out roads to remote communities and bringing life-threatening flash floods.

In its Wednesday, the

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