Category 2 Hurricane Eta Batters Nicaragua
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published November 04, 2020 | 09:10 AM
Bilwi, Nicaragua, Nov 4 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 4th Nov, 2020 ) :Eta was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane Tuesday even as it continued to pummel Nicaragua, unleashing fierce winds and heavy downpours.
The hurricane, which dropped from a Category 4 storm earlier in the day as it moved inland, hammered impoverished indigenous communities along the coast and caused heavy rains throughout much of Central America.
"Quite a lot of trees have fallen and traffic has been badly affected" in the region, said Infrastructure Minister Oscar Mojica.
Packing 110 mile (175 kilometer) an hour winds, Eta tore up trees and ripped roofs off homes in Bilwi, the biggest town on the northeastern coast, also known as Puerto Cabezas.
"We spent the whole night with strong gusts of wind, accompanied by rain," Kenny Lisby, head of a local radio station, told AFP. "It's possible there will be quite a lot of destruction." Winds tore down the concrete perimeter walls of the town's baseball stadium, and left a trail of fallen trees as dazed cattle and domestic animals wandered through the streets, AFP reporters said.
Giovany Nelson, 34, said his family was "locked in a room listening to the wind destroying the roof." The Nicaraguan government reported no immediate deaths, while authorities in Honduras said that a child died in a collapsed house.
The US National Hurricane Center warned the effects of Eta could be catastrophic for the region.
"Life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds, flash flooding, and landslides expected across portions of Central America," it said, including Jamaica, southeast Mexico, El Salvador, southern Haiti and the Cayman Islands.
The Wawa river that connects Bilwi to the rest of the country broke its banks.
Eta is forecast to continue moving inland over northern Nicaragua and central Honduras through Wednesday and into Thursday.
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