Hurricane Julia drenches El Salvador

A tropical depression, former Hurricane Julia drenched El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific.

Police said two people died in the eastern El Salvador town of Guatajiagua after heavy rains caused a wall of their home to collapse.

Another man in El Salvador died when a tree fell on him. Salvador declared a state of emergency and opened 80 storm shelters.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Julia was centered about 35 miles east-northeast of Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, and was moving west-northwest at 15 mph.

The center 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 of rain in isolated areas. Heavy rains and evacuations were also reported in Panama, Honduras and Costa Rica, where some highways were closed due to the downpours.