A landfall in Nicaragua is forecast for Monday night by Iota.
The National Hurricane Center said Hurricane Aota strengthened the Category 5 hurricane, which now predicts “catastrophic winds, increased hurricanes and torrential rains” in Central America.
Aita has forecast to make a landfill Monday night in Nicaragua, where Aita struck nearly two weeks ago.
Wind gusts could reach speeds of up to 160 miles per hour, with up to 20 feet of storms expected in Nicaragua and Honduras.
Over the next few days, rainfall could reach 2 to 3 feet in severely affected parts of Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize and Guatemala.
Mud blankets and flash floods are expected.
The strongest hurricane of 2020 to appear in the Atlantic Ocean, Iota is the latest calendar year of the Atlantic hurricane in the record, surpassing the hurricane Cuba on November 8, 1932.
Meanwhile, the northeast is forecast to see the coldest air of the season in the next few days.
The coldest mornings are expected to be Wednesdays, when they are like high teens in Boston, close to 20 degrees in New York City and 20 to mid in Philadelphia and Washington Washington DC.
As cold air blows over the relatively mild Great Lakes, lake impact ice is likely in western Pennsylvania and New York, parts of which could see half a foot of snow in the next 48 hours.
