El Salvador began three days of national mourning on Tuesday for the approximate 130 victims of hurricane Ida, the country’s national radio said.

Heavy rains caused by Hurricane Ida have killed at least 50 people and left several others missing in El Salvador, civil protection officials said Sunday.

Meteorological sources reported that “Tropical Storm Ida ‘in the last hours, has approached the coast of Mexico and is located 330 km from the island of Cozumel, one of the main tourist areas of Mexico, near Cancun, in the Mexican Caribbean.

Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico’s Caribbean coast Saturday and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats amid warnings that Tropical Storm Ida could become a hurricane as it neared the resort city of Cancun.

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