Tropical Storm Bonnie crosses Nicaragua

Tropical Storm Bonnie crossed Nicaragua and advanced over the Pacific towards the northwest without creating casualties or severe damage.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC - based in Miami) reported that the storm eye made landfall Friday night in a sector of the border with Costa Rica.

On Saturday morning, the eye of the storm was at sea, about 100 kilometers south of the Nicaraguan capital, with winds of 65 kilometers per hour and stronger gusts.

The government of President Daniel Ortega decreed a yellow alert on Friday throughout the national territory. No fatalities or missing persons were reported as a result of the storm.