Hurricane Adrian, a pacific hurricane that is the first named storm of the season, struck El Salvador, causing the evacuation of over 14,000 people from low lying and coastal areas. The center of the storm hit the Salvadorean coast several miles south of the capital of San Salvador at Acajutla, battering it with over 75 miles per hour, creating severe flooding that has washed out roads and triggered blackouts over the country. The storm is moving at nine miles per hour and headed in the direction of Honduras. Central America is particularly vulnerable to hurricanes and the accompanying landslides, as many people live in hurricanes and small shacks near ravines. Three deaths has resulted so far, that of a military pilot ferrying a plane, and two persons killed in mudslides. The hurricane is a scientific oddity, because it formed significantly early in the season (by four days), and also because if it reaches the Atlantic, will receive a new designation, Hurricane Arlene.