PHOTOS: Earl leaves trail of destruction in its path over Guatemala, Belize

By Katy Galimberti, AccuWeather.com Staff Writer

August 6,2016; 8:55PM,EDT

Once-Hurricane Earl slammed parts of Central America this week, causing damage to infrastructure in Guatemala and Belize.
Earl has weakened to a tropical rainstorm over the mountains east of Mexico City, where flooding remains a threat until the tropical downpours dissipate on Saturday night.
Flooding rain will also continue to stream onto the southern coast of Mexico, from around Acapulco to Manzanillo, this weekend as another tropical threat brews in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Earl made its second and final landfall on Friday night as a tropical storm southeast of Veracruz, Mexico. Early Thursday morning, Earl made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Belize.
As the system swept over Guatemala, strong winds and intense rainfall caused several roadways and bridges to wash out.
Some people in low-lying coastal areas of Guatemala were forced to evacuate before the storm hit, according to the Associated Press.
Two men stand on a portion of a bridge damaged by Hurricane Earl in the Arroyito neighborhood, in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala, on the Peten border with Belize, Thursday, Aug. 4,2016. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
In neighboring Belize, storm surge inundated parts of Belize City. Strong winds ripped roofs off some buildings, uprooted trees and caused widespread power outages.
Most of the country was without power on Thursday morning as recovery efforts started.
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Earlier in the week, a fishing boat capsized near Honduras as Earl approached the region. All but two of the 83 people on board were rescued, according to the AP.
Power lines collapsed by Hurricane Earl hinder traffic flow on the road from Flores, in the northern Guatemalan border state with Belize, Thursday, Aug. 4,2016. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
Residents stand before a collapsed bridge brought down by Hurricane Earl in the Arroyito neighborhood, in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala, on the Peten border with Belize, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
A motorcycle lies in the debris of a collapsed bridge brought down by Hurricane Earl in the Arroyito neighborhood, in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala, on the Peten border with Belize, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
People look at a bridge damaged by Hurricane Earl in the Arroyito neighborhood, in Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala, on the Peten border with Belize, Thursday, Aug. 4,2016. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
A woman wades through flood waters outside her home in Dolores, in the northern Guatemalan border state Peten, Thursday, Aug. 4,2016. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
Passengers depart aboard a motor boat transport for the coastal town of Livingston before the arrival of Tropical Storm Earl, from a pier in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)