Storm system dissipates over Honduras

LIMON, Honduras, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- A tropical depression that brought stiff winds and downpours to Honduras and surrounding region dissipated Wednesday night and early Thursday, forecasters said.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Tropical Depression 16 was producing sustained winds of only 25 miles per hour with gusts up to 35 mph in the pre-dawn hours Thursday.

The system was expected to drop 4-8 inches of rain over Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala and the Yucatan Peninsula with up to 15 inches possible in isolated areas.

The rains could trigger life-threatening flash floods and mud slides, the hurricane center said.