Planes shuttled tourists from Caribbean island resorts in a desperate airlift today as Hurricane Felix bore down on Honduras and Belize.

Rescue workers in Guatemala say they have pulled at least 40 bodies from a massive mudslide and found 20 more dead in a swollen river, raising to 246 the number of people killed from five days of pounding rains in Central America and Mexico.

Hurricane Adrian slammed into El Salvador's coast today, President Tony Saca said, cutting off power and forcing officials to close schools and evacuate 14,000 people.