Tropical Storm Amanda death toll rises to 26 in Central America

San Salvador (AFP) June 3, 2020

The death toll from Tropical Storm Amanda in Central America rose to 26 even as a new storm was forming in the Gulf of Mexico, reports said on Tuesday. El Salvador and neighboring Guatemala and Honduras were lashed by torrential rains and high winds after Amanda swept in from the Pacific on Sunday, causing floods and power cuts. The death toll in El Salvador, which bore the brunt of the