The Latest Breaking News from Julia

Julia completed its rare crossover from the Atlantic to the Pacific, one day after making landfall as a Category 1 hurricane.

Las Tejerías (Venezuela) (AFP) - Neighbors helped rescue teams comb through mud and debris Monday for signs of dozens of people missing after a landslide swept through a town in Venezuela, killing at least 36.

Julia made landfall as a hurricane in Nicaragua on Sunday, bringing a forecast of devastating winds and life-threatening flash floods.

Bluefields (Nicaragua) (AFP) - Hurricane Julia raked across Nicaragua Sunday, lashing the country with winds and heavy rain and bringing potentially life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides to much of Central America and southern Mexico.

Hurricane Julia is bearing down on Nicaragua’s central Caribbean coast after lashing Colombia’s San Andres island in a close pass-by

The storm swept across Nicaragua and has emerged over the Pacific. The region was already saturated by weeks of heavy rains before Julia arrived.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Hurricane Julia formed off the coast of Nicaragua on Saturday evening, according to the National Hurricane Center.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Tropical Storm Julia is expected to become a hurricane later Saturday, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Tropical storm Julia turned into a hurricane on Saturday evening as it passed the Colombian island San Andres and headed toward the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/hr), the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.