The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. October 6, 2017 Tropical Storm Nate Kills 22 in Central America ----------------------------------------------- In news on climate change, at least 22 people have been killed in Central America by the powerful Tropical Storm Nate. The storm has sparked widespread flooding across Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Honduras. It also shut down several offshore oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is now barreling toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. .