 In Nicaragua , floods from the storm forced 3 @,@ 962 people to evacuate their houses to 57 shelters , many of which were schools . Floods affected 11 of the 17 Departments of Nicaragua , which began receding on October 5 as Keith exited the region . The floods caused several landslides and covered roads , which isolated communities . Keith damaged 436 houses in the country and destroyed another 160 . There were 12 fatalities due to the storm in Nicaragua , one of whom a boy who was swept away by a fast moving flooded river northeast of Managua , while another death occurred after a man drowned in Lake Managua . A man in the western portions of the country died after stepping on a power lines , which had fallen due to strong winds . Fifty communities were isolated , with at least thirteen of them due to impassable roads . Several neighborhoods in Corinto flooded , forcing the Civil Defense to evacuate 9 families . One house collapsed in Los Ángeles , though its ten occupant escape without injury . After rainfall lashed In Villanueva , Chinandega , for six days , the resultant flooding forced 300 families evacuated , while there was significant losses the corn , beans and plantains crops . An additional 20 families left their homes due to flooding in <unk> . About 15 families in the port city of Puerto Sandino were evacuated after the El <unk> river overflowed . Another 18 homes were flooded in the region of Salinas Grandes . About 52 fled <unk> after at least 11 homes flooded . 
