Hurricane Eta

Situation

According to the United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC), Eta is on track to make landfall over Nicaragua’s northeastern shores near their border with Honduras on late 2 November or early 3 November as a Category 1 or 2 storm, bringing sustained winds of 150 km/h and high rainfall of up to 635mm to much of Nicaragua and Honduras. Eta’s projected path will take it over parts of Belize, El Salvador and Guatemala as well. Per the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), there are nearly 70,000 people in areas along Eta’s track through northern Nicaragua exposed to hurricane winds, 80 per cent of whom are in rural areas. Various cities along Honduras’ Caribbean coast are already reporting flooding. Nicaraguan response authorities are already providing families along the northern coasts with relief supplies and have evacuated more than 1,500 people. Honduran officials have declared a yellow alert for seven departments in central and eastern Honduras. El Salvador has placed all departments under yellow alert. ( OCHA, 2 Nov 2020 )

Provenance

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