Tropical storm Nate kills 20 in Central America

In Nicaragua, at least 11 people died, seven others were reported missing and thousands had to evacuate their homes.

Emergency officials in Costa Rica reported that at least eight people had been killed, including two children. Another 17 people were missing and nearly 400,000 people were without running water and thousands were sleeping in shelters.

Two youths also drowned in Honduras due to the sudden swelling of a river

The US National Hurricane Center said the storm could cause dangerous flooding by dumping as much as 38 to 50 cm of rain as it moved over Honduras, with higher accumulations in a few places.

Nate is the 14th storm to be named this year, following just a month after the powerful and destructive hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria which tore the Caribbean apart in early September./.