Hurricane Felix unleashed its wrath on north-eastern Nicaragua, causing massive damage and loss of human lives, before being downgraded to a tropical storm late Tuesday.

The fierce tropical cyclone made landfall Tuesday as a category five hurricane and continued to ravage thousands of homes in the region. About 38,000 people were left without their homes or vehicles, authorities informed.

Felix struck hard Puerto Cabezas and adjacent indigenous communities, prompting the evacuation of 12,700 people. Sixty-five shelters were set up in Puerto Cabezas, but supplies weren’t enough for thousands of people who had to leave their homes behind. Four people were reported dead in the same town.

Authorities said all homes in the small town of Sandy Bay were destroyed, mostly because they were built out of wood and not concrete, about 15 houses being able to withstand the strong winds and heavy rainfall.

Villages in the North Atlantic region were isolated by the floods triggered and authorities couldn’t reach the 14,000 indigenous people who live there and didn’t want to leave their settlements.

Thousands of buildings were left without roofs, trees and power lines were toppled by the raging winds. Numerous roads were blocked by debris carried from different areas by Felix.

The US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said the hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm late Tuesday as it continued to move towards Honduras with maximum sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour and tropical storm force winds extending outward up to 110 kilometres from the center.

Felix was expected to move over Honduras late Tuesday or early Wednesday, the NHC warning heavy precipitations will fall in Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador increasing the danger of “life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.”

The provincial governor said, “The situation is very bad. There are houses without roofs, destroyed churches and schools, tress and power line posts fallen on homes.”

Meanwhile, another danger is looming after tropical storm Henriette gained strength and turned into a category one hurricane as it neared Mexico's Pacific coast. Seven people have been killed by Henriette in Acapulco and in the state of Chiapas.

Henriette made landfall on Tuesday along the southern region of the Baja California peninsula, near San Jose del Cabo, with maximum sustained wind of up to 130 kilometres an hour. The NHC said it will lose strength as it moves across the peninsula.

Approximately 2,000 people were evacuated in the region as Henriette brought heavy rains over the popular tourist resort.