Tropical Storm Nate kills at least 10 people in Central America

Flooding from Tropical Storm Nate in Nicaragua.
(Image credit: Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images)

At least 10 people in Costa Rica and Nicaragua were killed Thursday as Tropical Storm Nate dumped heavy rain across Central America.

In Costa Rica, six people, including two children, died because of the severe rain, and in Nicaragua, four were killed. A state of emergency has been declared in Costa Rica, where mudslides are blocking roads, power outages are rampant, and more than 3,500 soldiers have been deployed. President Luis Guillermo Solis said he is certain "the number of displaced people is going to greatly increase."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.