Thousands flee Felix's wrath

• The remains of Hurricane Felix were still dumping rain on Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala, and thousands of evacuees anxiously stayed away from shaky hillside slums and swollen rivers.

• Felix killed nine people, with at least 11 people missing.

• Nicaragua was flying food and other emergency supplies to the regional capital of Puerto Cabezas, but said help had not yet reached villages cut off when Felix roared ashore Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph.

• Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said the U.S. and Venezuela had offered aid and that Cuban doctors were already on the ground.

• Many had feared a repeat of the 1998 nightmare of Hurricane Mitch, which stalled over Central America for days, causing floods and mudslides that killed nearly 11,000 people and left more than 8,000 missing.

— The Associated Press