No damage as magnitude 6.8 quake shakes Central America
- 19-Jul-2023
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake off the coast of Central America shook El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua on Tuesday, though without any immediate damage reported, according to Salvadoran authorities. The quake was registered at 6:22 pm (0222 GMT) in the Pacific Ocean, about 66 kilometers (41 miles) south of the Salvadoran coast, according to the United […]
Child gets unexpected visitor while zip-lining; video goes viral
- 15-Mar-2022
The funny yet strange moment happened in Central America.
Trump administration moves to expel some 57,000 Hondurans: reports
- 05-May-2018
The Trump administration will end temporary protections for immigrants in the United States from Honduras, leaving potentially 57,000 people vulnerable to deportation, according to media reports.
Central American ‘caravan’ women and children enter US, defying Trump
- 01-May-2018
Eight women and children from a caravan of hundreds of Central American migrants have sought asylum in the United States after officials allowed them entry from Mexico.
Hurricane Nate threatens US central Gulf Coast after killing 25
- 07-Oct-2017
MANAGUA: Hurricane Nate was expected to strengthen on Saturday and make landfall, threatening the US central Gulf Coast with strong winds and storm surges after killing at least 25 people in Central America. Nate, a Category 1 hurricane, the weakest on a five-category scale used by meteorologists, was churning toward the central Gulf of Mexico […]
Hurricane Otto swirls toward Central America, kills three
- 23-Nov-2016
PANAMA CITY: Hurricane Otto was forecast to strengthen in the Caribbean as it churned toward Central America Tuesday, causing three deaths in Panama and prompting coastal evacuations in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Otto became the seventh hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic season. The hurricane, which is packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles (120 kilometers) […]