Adrian dissipates, producing heavy rains and mudslides
[[File:Tropical Depression Adrian May 20 1545 UTC.jpg|right|400px|Tropical Depression Adrian May 20 15:45 UTC]]
{{date|May 20, 2005}}     

[[Hurricane Adrian strikes Central America Thursday night|Hurricane Adrian]] appears to be dissipating over [[w:Honduras|Honduras]], but is still providing heavy rainfall to the region.  At 8 a.m. PDT, the center of now Tropical Depression Adrian was dissipating at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=15.0°+N,+87.5°+W&spn=11.579590,16.281738&t=k&hl=en 15.0° N, 87.5°W] and was inland over western Honduras.  It is moving toward the northeast at about 17 mph (28 km/h) with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph (45 km/h).

The Salvadoran Comité de Emergencia Nacional (National Emergency Committee) reported that over 15,400 people were evacuated from high risk areas.

Tropical Depression Adrian is expected to produce an additional 4 to 6 inches of rainfall over Honduras over the next 24 hours, and mudslides are a major fear for residents.  The [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov National Hurricane Center] has discontinued its public advisories for Adrian unless the storm regenerates.

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== Related news ==
*{{Wikinews|title=Hurricane Adrian strikes Central America Thursday night|date=May 18, 2005}}

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2005/pub/ep012005.public.013.shtml?
 |title=NHC's last public advisory on dissipating Tropical Depression ADRIAN
 |author=
 |pub=NHC
 |date=May 20, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8561332
 |title=Central America storm fades, mudslides feared
 |author=
 |pub=Reuters
 |date=May 20, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=122&art_id=qw111659616022U253
 |title=Hurricane Adrian downgraded to tropical storm
 |author=Carlos Mario Marquez
 |pub=Independent Online
 |date=May 20, 2005}}

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[[Category:Weather]]
[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Oceania]]
[[Category:Central America]]
[[Category:Hurricane season, 2005]]
[[Category:El Salvador]]
[[Category:Mudslides]]
Tropical Depression Adrian May 20 15:45 UTC
     

Hurricane Adrian appears to be dissipating over Honduras, but is still providing heavy rainfall to the region.  At 8 a.m. PDT, the center of now Tropical Depression Adrian was dissipating at  15.0° N, 87.5°W and was inland over western Honduras.  It is moving toward the northeast at about 17 mph (28 km/h) with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph (45 km/h).

The Salvadoran Comité de Emergencia Nacional (National Emergency Committee) reported that over 15,400 people were evacuated from high risk areas.

Tropical Depression Adrian is expected to produce an additional 4 to 6 inches of rainfall over Honduras over the next 24 hours, and mudslides are a major fear for residents.  The  National Hurricane Center has discontinued its public advisories for Adrian unless the storm regenerates.
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