Rescue workers are continuing to search the Caribbean coastline of Nicaragua and Honduras for more victims of Hurricane Felix, which has left at least 100 dead so far.
President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega said the damage is worse than previously thought. He said many families had stayed in their homes during the storm and that there were now many victims and many dead.
10,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged and 50,000 people have lost everything they owned, he said.
The bodies of 52 Miskito Indians living in Nicaragua's coast were found floating in Honduran waters yesterday.
The discovery brings the death toll to 100, while another 120 remain missing.
However, rescuers and aid workers have struggled to reach remote villages and so the full extent of the death and destruction is unknown.
On Tuesday, the storm at its peak reached the highest possible Category Five strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Since then, the region has remained without power and water wells are contaminated.
Nicaragua's government has appealed to the international community for help, estimating that reconstruction would cost $30m (€21.9m).
So far the EU has pledged €950,000 in emergency aid to help the relief effort in Nicaragua, while the World Food Program has delivered more than 200,000 tonnes of provisions.
