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World 5 years ago
Hurricanes Eta, Iota hit Nicaragua with $743 million in economic losses
Nearly 44,000 homes suffered total or partial damage in Nicaragua, said Nicaraguan Finance Minister Ivan Acosta, estimating the storms have cost the country $743 million in losses, according to government media site El 19.
World 5 years ago
Record storm Iota batters Central America, leaving floods in its wake
The strongest storm on record to reach Nicaragua, Iota struck the coast late on Monday, bringing winds of nearly 155 miles per hour (249 kph) and flooding villages still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Eta two weeks ago.
World 5 years ago
Eyewall of climate 'bomb' Iota brings catastrophic winds to Central America
Iota was due to crash through northeastern Nicaragua's Miskito region overnight, packing maximum sustained winds of 160 miles (260 km) per hour, having reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the US National Hurricane Center said.
World 5 years ago
As Hurricane Iota nears Central America, experts predict more climate-linked migration
Authorities are warning that Hurricane Iota could exacerbate the massive destruction wrought by Hurricane Eta, which slammed into the region two weeks ago, causing flooding and mudslides that destroyed crops and killed scores of people across a huge swath from Panama to southern Mexico.
World 5 years ago
Hurricane Iota bears down on storm-battered Central America
As of 0300 GMT Sunday, Iota - the latest in an unusually busy storm season - was about 440 miles (705 kilometers) east-southeast of the Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua-Honduras border, moving slowly westwards with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kph).
World 5 years ago
Rescuers struggle to reach storm-hit Guatemalan village; dozens missing
Storm Eta's torrential downpours toppled trees, engorged swift-moving rivers, and ripped down parts of a mountainside above the village of Queja in the central Guatemalan region of Alta Verapaz, burying dozens of people in their homes.
