Hurricane Otto death toll in Panama rises to 8 – Civil Defense Director
Thousands of people were evacuated earlier in Nicaragua and Panama are still remaining in temporary shelters.
According to the US National Hurricane Center, Otto has weakened to a tropical storm over Nicaragua and is expected to move to the Pacific Ocean in the upcoming hours. Tropical storm Otto strengthened to become the seventh hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season earlier this week, with sustained winds of up to 190 kilometers per hour (118 miles per hour).