San Salvador, El Salvador (reuters)
THE FIRST HURRICANE of the season rumbled toward Central America's Pacific coast yesterday, killing two people and forcing thousands from their homes as it lashed the region with rain.
Hurricane Adrian was upgraded from a tropical storm yesterday afternoon and threatened to cause flooding and mudslides in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
It was about 90 miles (150 km) southwest of El Salvador's capital, San Salvador, with winds near 85 mph (140 km) and higher gusts, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
In Guatemala, two men were killed and two injured when a mudslide blamed on Adrian swallowed workers digging a ditch near the Mexican border, officials said.
"We are preparing for the worst," Honduran President Ricardo Maduro said as his country went on red alert.
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