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#COLOMBIA HURRICANE AFTERMATH FULL#

It’s a massive Cat 5 storm following an almost identical path as Cat 4 Hurricane Eta just 13 days ago.

Hurricane #Iota hours before landfall in #Nicaragua this evening. Global Climate Connection November 16, 2020 Hurricane Iota hits Nicaragua with category 5.(RadioManatiRCDN) /kJYG1LEQxP "We began to remove rubble from the island, accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid and tents to enable family spaces."

In a press conference Tuesday morning, November 17, Duque said they have started rebuilding Providencia Island, where 98 percent of the infrastructure had been destroyed. Communication was temporarily lost with the island on November 16. This marked the first time a Category 5 directly struck the country. The hurricane's eye directly hit Providencia, causing "unprecedented" damage, according to President Iván Duque Márquez. On November 15 and 16, Iota passed close to the outlying Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina as a Category 5 hurricane. Massive damage took place in the Mohán sector of Dabeiba, where landslides killed three people, injured 20, and left 8 others missing. Heavy rains associated with a tropical wave and Iota caused extensive damage in Colombia, and left at least 7 people dead and 11 others missing. In the city of Bilwi, also known as Puerto Cabezas, there is almost no communication due to fallen power lines. More than 62 000 people have been evacuated in 683 government shelters following the storm. Qyek5o5Nm6Īccording to the Nicaraguan government, Iota is now considered the most powerful storm to hit the country in history.Īs of early November 18, Iota is blamed for the deaths of at least 6 people in the country, two of whom were minors.

Iota is now the strongest November hurricane on record to make landfall in Nicaragua, surpassing the previous record set by Eta (140 mph) just 13 days ago. #Iota has made landfall in Nicaragua as a Category 4 #hurricane with max winds of 155 mph. The storm made landfall near the town of Haulover, Nicaragua, on November 17 - just 25 km (15 miles) south of where Eta made landfall on November 3. It weakened into a Category 4 hurricane, just 2 km/h below Category 5, prior to landfall, making it the strongest November hurricane to hit the Central American country on record. Iota strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph) prior to its landfall, making it the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.

#COLOMBIA HURRICANE AFTERMATH FULL#

The full extent of the damage left by Iota is still unclear.

Hundreds of thousands have been affected by floods and landslides, further worsening the situation in the region still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane "Eta.".

It moved directly over Providencia and San Andres, Colombia on November 16 as a Category 5 hurricane, causing "unprecedented" damage and marking the first time a Category 5 hurricane directly struck the country.

At least 13 people were killed and 11 others remain missing after extremely dangerous Category 4 Hurricane "Iota" made landfall in Nicaragua on November 17– considered the strongest storm to hit the country and the most powerful tropical cyclone of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.