Iota made landfall in Nicaragua late Monday as a powerful and “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane, bringing with it catastrophic winds and life-threatening storm surge, forecasters said.
It weakened significantly overnight and as of 9 a.m. Tuesday was downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm with maximum winds of 75 mph.
Iota is forecast to weaken into a depression by Wednesday as it moves west over Honduras and El Salvador, bringing 10-30 inches of rain to Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Belize and raising the risk of life-threatening flash flooding, landslides and mudslides in an area that was recently battered by another powerful storm.
See the video below to witness the strength of the hurricane:
Source: LaPrensa & SkyNews
