Hurricane Iota classifies Central America as ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 storm


The storm is moving about 10 miles west and is about 45 miles off the coast of Isla de Providencia, Colombia. Ayota is threatening many hard-hit areas of Central America, where people are still recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Ata.

According to the NHC, the coast of Nicaragua from the Honduras / Nicaragua border to Sandy Bay Sirpi, as well as the coast of Honduras from Punta Patuka to the Nicaragua border, Providencia, have a hurricane warning.

A hurricane is expected to pass near or around Providencia Island on Monday to bring about hurricane conditions targeting the coasts of Newcastle and Honduran.

Members of the Navy Bilvi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua will help evacuate people from the Kata and Wawa Bar communities before the arrival of Hurricane Iota in Bilvi on Sunday.

Hurricane clocks and tropical storm warning are also effective in the surrounding areas.

“Preparations for the protection of life and property should be rushed upon completion,” the adviser said.

Heavy rains can bring floods and landslides

Once Hurricane Landoff falls, it is expected to move west and southwest through Central America.

According to the advisor, rainfall is expected to be higher across the region with sporadic enlargement of eight to sixteen inches in Honduras, northern Nicaragua, Guatemala, southern Belize and 20-30 inches in northeastern Nicaragua and northern Honduras.

Costa Rica and Panama should also look about four to eight inches, with about 12 inches possible in some areas.

Advisors have warned that such high rainfall could “lead to mudslides in low-lying areas as well as fatal hazards and river flooding.”

According to the NHC, the forecast storm surge along the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras will be accompanied by “large and destructive waves”, causing “fatal surf and torn current conditions.”

Swelling will occur from Central America to the Yucatan Peninsula, as far as Jamaica in the east and Colombia in the south.

Central America is still recovering from it

Ayota will be the second major hurricane to hit the region in several weeks. In November, Hurricane Ata landed a landfill as a Category Storm, causing landslides and flooding that left thousands and thousands of people dead or missing.
People preparing to evacuate the Mon Monita neighborhood in El Progresso, Honduras' Euro section, try to retrieve goods amidst mud after Hurricane Eta passed.
It is the 13th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, which has left its place as the named historic season, with 30 named hurricanes – the highest ever.

More than 3.3 million people in Central America have been affected by the hurricane to varying degrees, Red America said earlier this week.

While the full extent of the damage caused by it may not be known for a while, a powerful storm, linked to the coronavirus epidemic, could have an impact over the years.

Tropical Storm Eta comes ashore in North Carolina and Florida, killing six people.

The storm raged for days over Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala, with heavy rains causing floods and landslides, wiping entire communities off the map.

Dozens of people in the remote Guatemalan village of San Cristobal went missing after a landslide last week, leaving 50 feet of mud in some places.

Robert Shackleford and Jean Norm of CNN contributed to this report.

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