位於邁阿密的國家颶風研究中心指出，颶風菲利克斯(Felix)以5級風的威力，在4日凌晨橫掃尼加拉瓜東北部偏遠的米斯基托海岸(即尼加拉瓜和宏都拉斯東部沿海地區)，截至截稿前已減輕為輕度颱風，但風速仍達時速60英哩。而當菲利克斯正在中美洲降下豪大雨之際，另一新成型的颶風漢瑞特(Henriette)同時侵襲墨西哥太平洋沿岸。
在4日下午2點過後，漢瑞特以時速85英里的速度破壞墨西哥下加利福尼亞頂端的度假中心；24小時之內有兩個颶風登陸，為極不尋常的現象。超過2000人因漢瑞特緊急撤離，墨西哥政府宣布下加利福尼亞南部進入緊急狀況。
這個颶風預計將橫掃中美洲國家，其目前路徑與1998年的Mitch相似，當時曾令數百萬人流離失所，死亡與失蹤人數高達2萬1000人。
紅十字會與紅新月會國際聯合會已動員訓練有素的搜救人員，以及運送基本生活用品至該區；當此區在兩周之內遭受2個5級颶風的襲擊後，IFRC已提撥16萬6000美元急難救助基金至紅十字會的及時支援。前一個5級颶風為狄恩(Dean)，當其於8月21日路經加勒比海沿岸之時，20人不幸罹難。
Hurricane Felix slammed into northeastern Nicaragua's remote Miskito Coast as a dangerous Category 5 storm before dawn this morning, but now has weakened to a tropical storm, with sustained winds of 60 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. While Felix is dropping torrents of rain on Central America, Hurricane Henriette is wreaking havoc on Mexico's Pacific coast.
Just after 2 pm local time, Hurricane Henriette battered resorts at the tip of Baja California with winds of up to 85 miles an hour - making for an unusual day with two hurricanes making landfall within 24 hours. More than 2,000 people were evacuated ahead of Henriette, and the Mexican government has declared a state of emergency in southern Baja California.
The hurricane is projected to cut a wide swath across inland Central American nations and is currently tracking along a similar path as Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which left millions displaced and over 21,000 people dead or missing.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, IFRC, has mobilized experienced relief personnel and essential supplies to the area. The IFRC has released $166,000 from its disaster relief emergency fund to immediately assist Red Cross Societies as they face the second category 5 hurricane to hit the area in two weeks. Hurricane Dean claimed 20 lives when it raced across the Caribbean on August 21.
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