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Data from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron revealed Iota to have become a hurricane by 06:00 UTC that day, [8] the 14th such storm of the season. This was the second-highest number of hurricanes in a single season since reliable records began, just shy of the 15 in 2005.
Hurricane Iota caused at least 84 deaths along its path and resulted in about $1.4 billion in damage. The storm first affected Venezuela, damaging homes in Falcón state. Iota demolished approximately 98 percent of the infrastructure on Providencia Island, while also damaging hundreds of houses. Most of the damage occurred in Nicaragua and ...
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins. [ 3 ] 18:00 UTC (1:00 p.m. CDT ) at 19°24′N 90°54′W / 19.4°N 90.9°W / 19.4; -90.9 ( Tropical Depression Three forms ) – Tropical Depression Three forms from the remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda about 40 mi (64 km) southwest of Campeche ,
Generating storms at a rapid-fire pace and filled with enough plot twists to rival an M. Night Shyamalan movie, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season started early and ended with a trio of storms in ...
Iota reached Category 5 strength -- the first storm of the season to reach the highest status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale -- when its winds peaked at 160 mph on Monday morning.
On Monday night, Hurricane Iota made landfall near the town of Haulover, becoming the second major hurricane in as many weeks to strike the area after Hurricane Eta came ashore in Puerto Cabezas ...
2020 Pacific hurricane season summary map. An average Pacific hurricane season features 15 tropical storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes, and features an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) count of 132. In 2020 in the Eastern and Central Pacific basins, most of the statistics fell below the above list.
Tropical Storm Iota developed Friday afternoon in the central Caribbean just hours after the system had become Tropical Depression 31. Forecasters are warning that Iota may strengthen enough to ...