Hurricane Iota is a CATEGORY 4 MONSTER, Central America DEVASTATED by EXCEPTIONAL PHENOMENA »ILMETEO.it

Hurricane Iota en route to Central AmericaThe tropical storm IOTA, the thirtieth of this numerically record-breaking season for the Atlantic Ocean (we are at 30 storms) in the last few hours has intensified quickly, reaching the maximum hurricane category 5 and was then demoted to categoria 4 dall’American National Hurricane Center (NHC) but remaining classified as “extremely dangerous” with winds exceeding 250 km per hour, and now it’s hitting theCentral America.

According to National Hurricane Center, Iota will follow more or less the same trajectory traced by Eta just a few days ago and, for this reason, again catastrophic consequences are expected for Nicaragua e Honduras which are still on their knees, devastated by the force of the winds and torrential rains caused by the last hurricane, also responsible for the deaths of more than a hundred people.

What is expected? Iota it is slowly moving west at a speed of about 15 km / h and is hitting hard the eastern coast of Honduras and Nicaragua. The storm presents twenty on average about 250 km / h with gusts even higher. Serious problems also exist for torrential rains which could reach accumulations of between 500 e 600mm. The worst is feared for many areas.

To worry most is thestorm wave which could raise the sea level by about 3/4 meters on the exposed coastal area and literally overwhelm everything it will face: especially the countries in the immediate hinterland at risk.
Given the situation the Alert Committee of the Secretariat for National Risk Management and Contingencies (Kopec) launched a ‘red alert‘for all areas where the impact is expected, asking the population to evacuate the areas at risk and find shelter in more resistant structures located inland and further west.

NOAA ‘IOTA’ trajectory

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