![]() ![]() The priority is now to clear the island of debris and set up emergency campsites and field hospitals as quickly as possible. ![]() The island’s infrastructure has been completely wiped out, Duque said. ![]() “We mourn, though, the loss of two people.” “We are glad that, thanks to our preparations and the measures we took, the community of Providencia has not been affected by a huge death toll,” Duque said. One hundred and twelve people were evacuated from the island Tuesday, among them six seriously injured. Yoseph Amaya/Getty ImagesĪt least two people are dead and one is missing on Providencia, Colombia President Ivan Duque said on Tuesday. People from San Rafael colony in Honduras prepare for the water shortage as they cross the Ulua River to evacuate Monday. More than 100 people evacuated on Colombian island of Providencia ![]() Residents of Bilwi, where telecommunications have been impacted, were asked to “maintain calm, stay away from places that are vulnerable or that represent some danger to human security.” Photos from the agency show people wading through knee-high water in Rivas and in Bilwi, on the northern coast. In several cities in the Rivas region of Nicaragua, a strip of land between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean in the nation’s southwest, authorities are monitoring rivers and placing vulnerable families in shelters, NHC said. Its landfall was just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta struck, potentially leaving the region scarred for generations. Swells from the storm will be felt as far north as the Yucatán Peninsula, as far east as Jamaica and as far south as Colombia. (Photo by Maynor Valenzuela/Getty Images) Maynor Valenzuela/Getty Images Iota is the 13th hurricane of the season to hit the Atlantic coast and has already strengthened to category five, threatening the area with catastrophic winds and heavy rains. Less than two weeks after being hardly affected by Hurricane Eta, villagers of Puerto Cabezas take precautions before landfall of Iota. While the full extent of the damage from Eta won’t be known for a while, the powerful storm, combined with the coronavirus pandemic, may have effects that last for years.PUERTO CABEZAS, NICARAGUA - NOVEMBER 16: Palm trees blow by wind as Nicaragua prepares to receive hurricane Iota on Novemin Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. More than 3.6 million people across Central America have been affected by the storm to varying degrees, the Red Cross said earlier this week. This is the latest in the year there has ever been a Category 5 hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, according to the hurricane center. It is the 13th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, a historic season bringing 30 named storms – the most ever. On November 3, Hurricane Eta made landfall as a Category 4 storm, causing landslides and flooding that displaced thousands and left scores of people dead or missing. Iota will be the second major hurricane to hit the area in as many weeks. People try to recover belongings amid mud after the passage of Hurricane Eta as they prepare to evacuate the Omonita neighborhood in El Progreso, Yoro department, Honduras. Swells will be felt from Central America to the Yucatan Peninsula, as far east as Jamaica and as far south as Colombia.Ĭentral America still recovering from Eta The predicted storm surge along the coasts of Nicaragua and Honduras will be accompanied by “large and destructive waves,” along with swells that cause “life-threatening surf and rip current conditions,” according to the advisory. Such high rainfall amounts will “lead to significant, life-threatening flash flooding and river flooding, along with mudslides in areas of higher terrain,” the advisory warned. Rainfall accumulations throughout Central America are expected to be high, with Honduras, northern Nicaragua, Guatemala and southern Belize seeing between 8 and 16 inches and isolated accumulations of 20 to 30 inches possible in northeast Nicaragua and northern Honduras, according to the advisory.Ĭosta Rica and Panama should also see about 4 to 8 inches, with up to 12 inches possible in some areas. Nicaraguan Navy sailors help evacuate people from the Karata and Wawa Bar communities ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Iota in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua Sunday. ![]()
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