Tropical Storm Pilar leaves flooded homes in El Salvador

Tropical Storm Pilar loomed ominously off the Pacific Coast of Central America on Wednesday, provoking heavy rains that washed away crops and displaced hundreds of people as the death toll rose to four. Since Sunday, three people have died due to the storm in El Salvador and one in neighboring Honduras, according to civil protection authorities.
In both countries and in Guatemala, hundreds of people have been evacuated from high-risk areas and taken to temporary shelters. Pilar was about 160 miles off the coast of El Salvador Wednesday, generating winds of about 60 miles per hour, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a bulletin.