“One storm after another is a very sad metaphor for the much broader phenomenon,” Bassu said. Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei held an emergency cabinet meeting Thursday to assess the situation in the country, where bridges and roads were destroyed and homes were swept away by floodwaters. Iota caused severe damage to areas of Central America already devastated by Hurricane Eta just less than two weeks prior. A total of 18 people have been confirmed dead in Nicaragua, Reuters reported on Thursday, but the number could go up as authorities searched for survivors of a landslide in the north of the country. Iota left a trail of devastation in its wake as it tore across parts of Nicaragua and Honduras earlier this week. The hurricane hit almost exactly the same stretch of the Caribbean coast that was devastated by Hurricane Eta two weeks ago. Most of the deaths have been in Nicaragua and Honduras. Storm Iota weakens in Central America, but flooding and death toll rise. Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez issued an urgent plea for international help. Numerous villages from northern Colombia to southern Mexico saw record rainfall swell rivers and trigger mudslides. Hurricane Iota was the latest Atlantic hurricane to attain Category 5 intensity and only the second Category 5 Atlantic hurricane to occur within the month of November on record—the other being the 1932 Cuba hurricane. Those deaths raised the Honduras toll to 14. The destruction caused by the unprecedented 2020 hurricane season in Central America could spur migration to the United States from a region already coping with insecurity and an economic crisis triggered by novel coronavirus lockdowns, aid officials say. The strongest storm on record to reach Nicaragua, Iota churned through Central America killing at least nine people. Unleashing torrential floods even as it weakened, Hurricane Iota churned through Central America on Tuesday, causing swollen rivers to burst their … The strongest storm on record to hit Nicaragua, Iota struck the coast late on Monday as a Category 4 hurricane. On Monday, Iota reached Nicaragua as a category five hurricane, the maximum power, two weeks after Cyclone Eta hit the same area, leaving at least 200 people dead and 2.5 million affected. Nicaragua Vice-President and first lady Rosario Murillo on Wednesday raised the nation's death toll to 16. More than 130 people were killed by Eta as the hurricane triggered flash floods and mudslides in parts of Central America and Mexico. The toll of deadly Hurricane Iota continues to rise in Central America. “I think you’re going to be seeing an increase in migration month after month after month because of the compounding nature of this,” Giovanni Bassu, the regional representative for Central America for the United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR), told Reuters. Please read our Commenting Policy first. Hurricane Iota struck the same exact areas the Hurricane 4 Storm Eta had battered weeks ago. At least 26 people are dead in the wake of powerful Hurricane Iota, which is still delivering heavy rain and winds to Central America. On Thursday morning, Honduran authorities confirmed that eight members of two families, including four children, were killed when a landslide buried their homes in a village in a mountainous region populated by Lencas Indigenous people near the border with El Salvador. In Nicaragua, where at least 21 people have been confirmed dead, rescue efforts were focussed on a landslide in the north of the country that killed eight people, with more missing. On Monday, Iota reached Nicaragua as a category five hurricane, the maximum power, two weeks after Cyclone Eta hit the same area, leaving at least 200 people dead and 2.5 million affected. By Wilmer Lopez. Some 160,000 Nicaraguans and 74,000 Hondurans have been forced to flee to shelters, where aid workers worry the chaotic conditions could lead fresh outbreaks of the novel coronavirus. Louisiana Gov. 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(Reporting by Gustavo Palencia in Tegucigalpa and Ismael Lopez in Mexico City; Additional reporting by Wilmer Lopez in Puerto Cabezas, Sofia Menchu in Guatemala City and Nelson Renteria in San Salvador; Writing by Laura Gottesdiener and David Alire Garcia; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, Aurora Ellis, Robert Birsel). TEGUCIGALPA / MEXICO CITY. Want to discuss? Hurricane Iota Death Toll Climbs to 30, with Isla de Providencia 98% Destroyed Headline Nov 19, 2020 In Central America, at least 30 people have died from Hurricane Iota… Residents walk along a beach after the passing of Hurricane Iota, in Puerto Cabezas But by Tuesday night, the winds had fallen to 80 kph as Iota weakened to a tropical storm but heavy rainfall continued, the US National Hurricane Centre said. Scientists have said that warmer seas caused by climate change are making hurricanes stronger for longer after landfall. Water that had covered houses around the San Pedro Sula airport had begun to subside, however. The toll of deadly Hurricane Iota continues to rise in Central America. Hurricane Iota’s death toll in Central America has continued to rise as authorities on Thursday recovered more bodies buried in landslides triggered by flooding that swept through the already waterlogged region earlier this week. Reuters . Nicaragua and Honduras bear the brunt of the hurricane’s destruction amid a record year of storms in the Atlantic. Iota death toll rises as rescue efforts reveal destruction. At least 40 people have been killed to date across the region, Reuters News Agency reported, and the toll is expected to rise as rescue workers reach isolated communities. While Iota largely dissipated over El Salvador on Wednesday, authorities struggled to cope with the fallout from days of heavy rain. Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. Reports differed on the landslide’s death toll, with Reuters reporting eight deaths and the AFP news agency reporting nine, including six children. Read more: Hurricane Iota: Over 40 deaths reported as Honduran leader pleads for help - National | Globalnews.ca. ... Landslides Still a Risk After Hurricane Iota's Rains, Officials Warn; Death Toll Nears 40 Ron Brackett . Officials warned that overflowing rivers and saturated soil could lead to more landslides. Cars were submerged in La Lima near San Pedro Sula in Honduras, after heavy rains from Hurricane Iota caused the Chamelecon river to overflow [Wendell Escoto/AFP]In Honduras, much of the country’s industrial heartland in the northern Sula Valley was under water, as it was two weeks ago after Hurricane Eta. The number of reported deaths rose to more than 40 across Central America and Colombia, and the toll is expected to rise as rescue workers reach isolated communities. Iota … Honduran authorities said eight members of two families, including four children, were killed when a landslide buried their homes in a village in a mountainous region populated by indigenous Lencas near the border with El Salvador. The destruction caused by the unprecedented 2020 hurricane season in Central America could spur migration to the United States from a region already coping with insecurity and an economic crisis triggered by novel coronavirus lockdowns, aid officials say. Hurricane Iota leaves mounting death toll and devastation in Central America. Giovanni Bassu, the regional representative for Central America for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) told Reuters he expected to see the compounding hardships driving more migration out of northern Central America in coming months. 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Iota left a trail of devastation in its wake as it tore across parts of Nicaragua and Honduras earlier this week. It is carrying hurricane-force winds over northern Nicaragua and is expected to cross southern Honduras by the evening. Gustavo Palencia and Ismael Lopez. Hurricane Iota: Over 40 deaths reported as Honduran leader pleads for help, Hurricane Iota: Honduras slammed by storm as Colombia shifts to recovery mode, Hurricane Iota: Honduras slammed by storm as Colombia shifts to recovery mode – Nov 18, 2020, Hurricane Iota hammers Central America in record-breaking storm season, Hurricane Iota hammers Central America in record-breaking storm season – Nov 17, 2020, Magic mushrooms grew in man’s blood after he injected them as a tea, The CIA released thousands of UFO documents online. But by Tuesday night, the winds had fallen to 50 mph (80 kph) as Iota weakened to a tropical storm but heavy rainfall continued, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. 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