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Iota will continue to promote heavy rainfall accompanied by electrical activity along the central Colombian Caribbean coast and its coastal areas. This system is expected to continue to strengthen and in the next 24 to 48 hours it reaches the category of major hurricane.
According to the General Maritime Directorate (Dimar), the category 1 hurricane, transits at this time over the center of the Caribbean Sea, with a speed of 5 knots in a westerly direction. “This phenomenon is generating sustained winds of 70 knots, and gusts of up to 85 knots generating adverse weather and sea conditions,” said the national maritime authority.
#IOTA It will continue to promote heavy rainfall accompanied by electrical activity along the central Colombian Caribbean coast and its coastal areas.
This system is expected to continue to strengthen and in the next 24 or 48 hours reach and category of major hurricane.– DimarColombia (@Dimarcolombia) November 15, 2020
In the morning hours of this Sunday, the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) warned that in the next few hours hurricane Iota reaches a higher category Y have a direct impact on the island of Providencia, directly affecting the entire archipelago of San Andrés.
The director of Ideam, Yolanda González, traveled to San Andrés to be in charge of the crisis room. Gónzalez indicated that Iota It was 440 km from Providencia and 480 km from San Andrés.
The island authorities take extreme measures and they have decreed a curfew starting this Sunday afternoon.
# IdeamEnSanAndrés l At this time, Hurricane Iota remains in category 1. It is located 480 km from San Andrés and 440 km from Providencia. @MinAmbienteCo @UNGRD pic.twitter.com/WOHvgwHU9H
– Ideam Colombia (@IDEAMColombia) November 15, 2020
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