MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Julia hit Nicaragua’s central Caribbean coast on Sunday after lashing Colombia’s San Andres island, and a weakened storm was expected to emerge over the Pacific.
Julia hit as a Category 1 hurricane early Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph), though its winds had dipped to tropical storm force, 70 mph (110 kph), by late morning as it pushed across Nicaragua with heavy rains.
