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November 17, 2020

Hurricane Iota Strikes Nicaragua as "Extremely Dangerous" Category 4 Storm
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Hurricane Iota made landfall Monday afternoon on Nicaragua's Caribbean
Coast as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm. Much of the city of
Puerto Cabezas has been left without power, with the roofs of homes and
a makeshift hospital ripped off by heavy winds and rain. Iota is the
strongest hurricane ever observed this late in the season. It hit
Central America just days after Hurricane Eta devastated communities
across the region, killing at least 150 people and leaving hundreds of
thousands homeless. We'll have the latest on the Central American
hurricanes - fueled by the climate crisis - later in the broadcast.