Weakened Eta drenches Central America

The rain-heavy remains of Hurricane Eta flooded homes from Panama to Guatemala on Thursday as the death toll across Central America rose to at least 19. Forecasters said the once-mighty storm, now a tropical depression, was expected to regather form and head toward Cuba and possibly the Gulf of Mexico by early next week. By Thursday Eta was centered 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of La Ceiba, Honduras. The US National Hurricane Center forecast that parts of Nicaragua and Honduras could receive 15 to 25 inches of rain, with 40 inches possible in some isolated parts.