Desperate sea search for survivors in Felix aftermath

HELICOPTERS clattered overhead and Miskito Indians paddled canoes through a debris-littered sea in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, yesterday, searching desperately for survivors of Hurricane Felix.

At least 40 people were reported dead.

At least 52 Nicaraguans were pulled alive from the sea in neighbouring Honduras, and there were reports of cadavers, too, floating in the waters, said Carolina Echeverria, a federal politician for the Honduran region.