Julia made landfall as a hurricane in Nicaragua on Sunday, bringing a forecast of devastating winds and life-threatening flash floods.
Julia landed as a Category 1 storm before dawn on Sunday in the Central American country, according to the National Hurricane Center. Based on the latest update from the hurricane center, the storm has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it traveled closer to the capital of Managua late Sunday morning.
Julia entered near Laguna de Perlas, a coastal municipality nearly twice the size of San Antonio and a few hours outside of Managua. As the storm crosses over the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific coastline, tropical storm warnings are in effect for the coastal communities along Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.
