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Ida soaks Nicaragua, nearing Honduras

MIAMI (UPI) -- Former Hurricane Ida was drifting northward to the border of Nicaragua and Honduras early Friday after dropping almost 20 inches of rain, U.S. forecasters said.

At 7 a.m., Ida was at tropical depression status with winds of 35 mph, moving northward at 6 mph about 65 miles west-southwest of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua/Honduras border, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Further weakening was anticipated Friday while the system was over land, but computer models suggested Ida could regain strength during the weekend as it enters the eastern Caribbean Sea and then moves further north into the Gulf of Mexico.

The projections show Ida could impact the coastal U.S. states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama or Florida in about a week.

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This news arrived on: 11/06/2009

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