Heavy rains from Hurricane Michael have caused floods and landslides, killing 12 people in just a few days in Central America.<br /> According to rescue and emergency authorities, the downpours that began on Thursday battered countries from Guatemala to Costa Rica, and caused a landslide in Honduras that killed two children and their mother while they were sleeping.<br />The rain destroyed houses and crops and forced thousands to leave their homes for temporary shelters.<br />Local authorities in Honduras said 7 thousand people were affected and 32-hundred had to evacuate their homes.<br />Over in Nicaragua, the government reported 23-thousand people were affected by the hurricane and a fisherman was killed after his boat overturned, two other people drowned in a river.<br />The head of El Salvador’s civil protection agency said two people had been killed.<br />One person died in Costa Rica and a child is missing in Guatemala. <br />
