The death toll rose up to 3 in Honduras and Nicaragua one day after Hurricane Eta made landfall as a destructive Category 4 storm. Eta’s torrential rainfall caused serious flooding, leading to dramatic rescues. Widespread power outages and damaged infrastructure from the overflowing rivers and landslides have only left a murkier mess for the reeling nations.

Forecasters expect life-threatening and catastrophic flooding to continue in Central America through the rest of this week as Eta moves through the region. The storm was located 115 miles south-southeast of La Ceiba, Honduras, as of Wednesday night. Even though it had weakened considerably into a tropical depression, it was still packing winds of 35 mph as it moved west at 7 mph.