Tropical Storm Pilar claims two lives in El Salvador

Both individuals were swept away by surging streams. The passage of Storm Pilar left landslides, fallen trees, and streets affected, El Salvador’s civil defense office added. NHC said the Tropical Storm was now advancing east-northeast at near 3mph (6kmh).

Tropical Storm Pilar's intense rainfall led to two fatalities in El Salvador, according to authorities, as the National Hurricane Center warned on Tuesday the storm could continue causing flash flooding in parts of Central America Fermin Perez, the assistant director of El Salvador’s civil defense office, confirmed that the bodies of a 24-year-old man and a 57-year-old woman from the province of La Union had been found. Both individuals were swept away by surging streams.

The passage of Storm Pilar left landslides, fallen trees, and streets affected, El Salvador’s civil defense office added. NHC said the Tropical Storm was now advancing east-northeast at near 3mph (6kmh). According to NHC's forecast track, "Pilar could be approaching the coast of El Salvador or Nicaragua late today through early Wednesday, though the core of the system is expected to remain offshore".

Storm Pilar has maximum sustained winds remain near 50mph (85kmh) with higher gusts, the center added, and is expected to produce total rainfall of 5 to 10 inches, with local amounts to 15 inches, over portions of Central America.

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