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Felix weakens to tropical storm in Central America

Tue Sep 4, 2007 7:55pm EDT
PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Hurricane Felix weakened to a tropical storm as it dumped rain on Central America on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Felix earlier hit the Caribbean coastline of Nicaragua and Honduras as a Category 5 hurricane, the most powerful type of storm.


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