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Hurricane Eta Forces Red Alerts, Evacuations in Nicaragua and Honduras
At a Glance The major hurricane was already causing flooding in some parts of Central America.The governments of Nicaragua and Honduras have prepositioned food and emergency supplies.Nicaragua's navy helped evacuate 1,600 people off a tiny island on Saturday. The governments of Nicaragua and Honduras declared red alerts Monday for much of their countries as Hurricane Eta barreled toward their Caribbean coasts. The Nicaraguan government issued the highest alert for the Northern Caribbean and Mining Triangle regions. Residents of coastal communities...
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Eta Strands Dozens of Fishermen at Sea; Deadly Landslides Leave Three Dead
At a Glance The storm killed at least three people. Isolated communities were cut off by flooding and damaged bridges.The storm came ashore as a Category 4 hurricane. This article is no longer being updated. For the latest on Tropical Depression Eta's impacts, click here. Dozens of fishermen stranded at sea off the coast of Honduras by Hurricane Eta were awaiting rescue Wednesday as conditions were still too dangerous to reach them. The 60 fishermen may be among small islands...
Hurricane Eta Intensifies to Category 4 Ahead of Catastrophic Central America Landfall
Hurricane Eta has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane as it heads toward a potentially catastrophic landfall in Nicaragua Tuesday. As of the National Hurricane Center's 4 p.m. EST advisory Monday, Eta had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Some additional strengthening is possible before landfall. Eta is forecast to bring a catastrophic storm surge and destructive winds to the northeast Nicaraguan coast near the storm's eyewall Tuesday. Eta's...
Weather-Related Power Outages, Hurricane Damage Complicate Voting
At a Glance Recent hurricanes damaged some polling places and left others without power.Plans were implemented to use generators at some sites.Power outages were also ongoing from a winter storm in Oklahoma. Officials in several states rushed to bring in generators and restore power to polling locations on Election Day, after recent hurricanes and a winter storm left ongoing and widespread power outages. More than , businesses and other locations - including voting sites - were without power across four...
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