“Central America is bracing for a potentially catastrophic slam from Hurricane Iota, as the Category 5 barreled down on the northern coast of Nicaragua at about 7 p.m. ET on Monday.
“That country as well as Honduras, Guatemala, and southern Belize, which are flanked by the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, are still trying to recover from the widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Eta. That storm left tens of thousands homeless, as the Category 4 which battered the region on Nov. 3.
“At the time, Eta was the strongest storm to ever hit Nicaragua in the month of November.
“The National Hurricane Center reported the western eyewall of Iota is over Nicaragua and warned of “catastrophic winds, life-threatening storm surge, and torrential rainfall” across Central America.”
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