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The 31st and final tropical cyclone, 30th named storm, 14th hurricane, and record-tying seventh major hurricane of the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Iota originated as a tropical wave that moved into the Eastern Caribbean on 10 November.
Then, on November 10, Tropical Storm Theta became the record-breaking 29th named storm of the season and, three days later, Hurricane Iota formed in the Caribbean. Iota rapidly intensified into a high-end Category 4 hurricane, which also made 2020 the only recorded season with two major hurricanes in November.
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 ...
The catastrophic season ended on November 18, after Hurricane Iota dissipated. Iota was also the most intense hurricane of the season with a minimum central pressure of 917 mbar. Iota was also the strongest storm in terms of wind speed, peaking with a strength of 155 mph or as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson scale.
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.
Hurricane Iota has left tens of thousands of people in Central America without a home. The storm created dangerous flooding conditions across Nicaragua and Honduras. Here's a look at what people ...
2020 - Hurricane Iota hit the country of Nicaragua on November 16, just two weeks after Eta made landfall, as a Category 4 hurricane, sustaining winds of 145 mph (233 km/h) south of Puerto Cabezas. The Puerto Cabezas airport recorded sustained winds of 83 mph (134 km/h), with gusts of up to 113 mph (182 km/h).
Fifteen miles, or roughly the distance from Grand Central Terminal in midtown Manhattan to JFK International Airport in Queens, is all that separates Puerto Cabezas and Haulover in Nicaragua. On ...