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Hurricane Julia Hits Nicaragua With Torrential Rainfall

Residents leave their houses before the arrival of Tropical Storm Julia on Oct. 8.

Residents leave their houses before the arrival of Tropical Storm Julia on Oct. 8.

Photographer: Wendell Escoto/AFP/Getty Images

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Mexico City (AP) -- Hurricane Julia hit Nicaragua's central Caribbean coast and dumped torrential rains across Central America before reemerging over the Pacific as a tropical storm. It was forecast to travel parallel to the coasts of El Salvador and Guatemala on Monday.

Julia hit Sunday as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph), though its winds had dipped to tropical storm force of 40 mph (65 kph) by Sunday night as it moved past Nicaragua.