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The aftermath of storm Eta continues to come alive in Central America, where a new storm is approaching.
People are fleeing the flooded roads in Nicaragua after Storm Eta a week ago.
Rescue teams across much of Central America are still working to finish the job after powerful storm Eta, which just over a week ago caused major flooding and landslides, and still does.
On Saturday, at least ten people were buried in Guatemala when large amounts of clay fell on a road. Three of them have been excavated alive and the search for other survivors continues.
More than 110,000 people, including at least 44,000 children, were forced to seek shelter elsewhere when the storm swept through the seven Central American countries. Roads, hospitals, schools and water pipes were destroyed in their advance.
And now comes the next storm, Iota, which is expected to have reached hurricane strength when it is expected to hit Nicaragua and the east coast of Honduras on Monday.
In Honduras alone, an estimated 64 people have died in connection with the Eta advance. The country’s president, Juan Orlando Hernández, is now doing what his colleague Alejandro Giammattei did in Guatemala on Saturday, urging the population to evacuate to the nearest shelter.
“Iota is another great risk to our lives and our finances,” Juan Orlando Hernández said in a television broadcast on Sunday.
On Sunday night Swedish time, Iota was, according to the US hurricane center NHC, just over 700 km southeast of Nicaragua.
