MANAGUA (Xinhua) -- Nicaragua called on Friday for aid from the international community to help it recover from the damage caused by Hurricane Felix.

President Daniel Ortega said his government is evaluating the damage caused by Felix, which hit Nicaragua on September 4 with category-five winds and rain that left 102 people dead and 86 missing and destroyed 19,000 homes.
""The damages have been immense and we still do not have a precise view of the losses in all sectors,"" Ortega said.
Ortega expressed thanks for the aid that continues to come to the 188,000 hurricane victims in the Central American country.
Ortega said the United Nations plans to make a call on Friday in New York to seek more international aid for Nicaragua's recovery.
Felix was a category-five storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale with winds that reached more than 260 km per hour when it hit Nicaragua.