At least seven people were killed Thursday after Tropical Storm Nate moved over Central America with clusters of heavy rain and gusty winds.
In Nicaragua, two women and a man working with the Health Ministry to provide aid were killed after being swept away by a flooded canal in Juigalpa, according to the Associated Press. Two other men reportedly drowned in the Carazo area and in the Coco River near the country's border with Honduras.
Costa Rica's President Luis Guillermo Solis said the storm has caused two deaths in the country.
Nate and the larger circulation it developed from produced heavy rain over Central America the last few days, according to weather.com meteorologist Chris Dolce. This rainfall has already caused flooding and more flooding is likely as the storm lifts northward toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula late this week.