MANAGUA, Nicaragua — At least 300 families in Nicaragua’s remote northern mountains have been cut off from the rest of the country since Hurricane Felix destroyed all roads into their communities, government officials said Sunday.
Word reached the capital after several villagers hiked three days through forests and over mountains to find help, the civil protection agency said in a news release.
Trapped residents in three communities near the city of Bonanza, about 280 kilometers (180 miles) north of the capital of Managua, are in need of food, water, medicine, clothing and blankets, according to the villagers, who also told authorities that many children are ill.
Bonanza Mayor Manuel Sevilla told Channel 8 television Sunday that the hurricane had ruined crops of bananas, citrus, corn and rice in the region. He asked the government to deliver aid by helicopter.
Felix devastated remote jungle beaches and communities along the Moskito coastline last Tuesday when it struck as a Category 5 hurricane, tearing down homes and killing scores of people.
