Material from The Associated Press was included in this report. The disruption caused alarm in the wake of last month's acts of sabotage that ruptured the two main natural gas pipelines running from Russia to Germany underneath the Baltic Sea, an incident that spurred NATO and the European Union to stress the need to better protect critical infrastructure. While the motive for the incident was unclear, it came a day before a state election in the German state of Lower Saxony where German chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party is on track to retain power and the Green party is seen as doubling its share of the vote. "The investigation will have to yield that." "We can't say anything today either about the background to this act or the perpetrators," Wissing said. Transport Minister Volker Wissing said the affected cables are "essential for handling railway traffic safely." He said Germany's federal police were investigating the incident.įederal police said the crime scenes were in a Berlin suburb and in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, German news agency dpa reported. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said cables vital for the country's rail network were intentionally cut in two places, causing a sudden halt to all rail traffic, both passenger and cargo, in the northern part of the country. Officials said they had opened 61 shelters with the capacity to house more than 3,000 people.BERLIN - German authorities say a malicious and targeted act of sabotage caused a three-hour halt to all rail traffic in northern Germany on Saturday morning. In El Salvador, where 19 people have died this rainy season, the worst rainfall was expected Monday and Tuesday, said Fernando López, the minister of environmental and natural resources. Roads and hundreds of homes have been damaged, Guatemalan officials say. I feel the love when someone takes the time to join me in eating our sack lunches together, take a walk or go for a quick drink after work nothing fancy, nothing that requires hours and hours of commitment or lots of cash (although thats fun sometimes too). In Guatemala, storms since early May had already caused caused at least 49 confirmed deaths, with six people missing.
The storm was forecast to emerge over the Pacific and skirt the coasts of El Salvador and Guatemala, a region already saturated by weeks of heavy rains. The army said it delivered humanitarian supplies to Bluefields and Laguna de Perlas for distribution to 118 temporary shelters. An act of sabotage shut down parts of Germanys rail system for hours this weekend By The Associated Press. Guillermo González, director of Nicaragua's Disaster Response System, told official media that people at high risk had been evacuated from coastal areas by noon Saturday. Heavy rains and evacuations were also reported in Panama, Honduras and Costa Rica, where some highways were closed due to the downpours. A three minute news podcast that covers a variety of topics, fairly unbiased, and actually balanced. Local news media showed images of trees toppled across roads and local flooding. An hourly-updated 3-minute podcast - great roundup. She said that 9,500 people had been evacuated to shelters. Share what you like and skip what you dont. Catch up on news, or discover a new podcast picked just for you. In Nicaragua, Vice President Rosario Murillo told TN8 television that there had been no reports of deaths so far, but power and communications were cut to some areas. NPR One is ready when you want to listen. There were no immediate reports of fatalities.ĪP Cars are parked on a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Julia in San Andres island, Colombia, on Sunday. It said life-threatening flash floods and mudslides were possible across Central America and southern Mexico through Tuesday, with the storm expected to bring as much as 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain in isolated areas.Ĭolombia's national disaster agency reported Sunday that Julia blew the roofs off several houses and knocked over trees as it blasted past San Andres Island east of Nicaragua. National Hurricane Center said Julia was centered about 45 miles (75 kilometers) west-northwest of Managua, the capital, and was moving west at 16 mph (26 kph). Julia hit as a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph), though its winds had dipped to tropical storm force of 50 mph (85 kph), by late afternoon as it pushed across Nicaragua. MEXICO CITY - Hurricane Julia hit Nicaragua's central Caribbean coast on Sunday and dumped torrential rains across Central America before an expected reemergence over the Pacific.
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