The DART is conducting disaster assessments and will continue to do so in the coming days to determine the hurricane's impact and to deliver assistance to those who need it most.Įta-the 28th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season-made landfall on November 3, unleashing heavy rains and severe flooding and landslides across Central America. ET as an 'extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane,' the National Hurricane Center said. state of Louisiana on record, behind Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Hurricane Ida was a deadly and destructive Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that became the second-most damaging and intense hurricane to make landfall in the U.S.

We are mobilizing assistance and working with partners to provide food, hygiene supplies, blankets, and other relief items. Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, at 12:55 p.m. Not to be confused with Cyclone Idai or Cyclone Ita. USAID has deployed an elite Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to respond to the Central America hurricanes. In Nicaragua, we are providing emergency food, hygiene supplies, and other relief items. In Colombia, we are providing relief supplies to affected families and equipment for firefighters to clear fallen debris. In Guatemala, we are providing food and relief supplies. In Honduras, we are providing blankets, hygiene kits, and kitchen supplies. USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance is providing life-saving assistance to people affected by severe flooding, landslides, and damage caused by Hurricanes Eta and Iota. Residents of the South Pacific should exercise caution, as ground conditions remain unstable after the impacts of Hurricane Eta.Hurricanes_Eta_Iota_Infographic (pdf - 2 MB) It was the thirtieth named storm, seventeenth hurricane and tenth major hurricane. Heavy rainfall caused by Iota will continue through the first half of next week. Hurricane Iota was the strongest December Atlantic hurricane on record. NHC projections indicate parts of Costa Rica have up to a 10% chance of experiencing tropical-storm-force winds over the coming days. Sunday afternoon and evening, the Northern Zone, Central Valley and mountainous regions in the Caribbean will experience strong, but isolated, thunderstorms. Over the next few days, the wave began to become better organized and by November 13, it. However, in the afternoon and evening, Costa Rica should expect heavy rainfall in the Central and South Pacific. 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 November 10. Weather should remain stable through Sunday morning, the IMN forecasts. Iota’s indirect effects on Costa RicaĪccording to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN), Hurricane Iota will provoke changes to the intertropical convergence zone over Costa Rica. Before that occurs, however, the system will cause “potentially catastrophic winds and a life-threatening storm surge” in Nicaragua and Honduras on Monday. Iota is forecast to weaken after making landfall as the storm encounters the mountainous terrain of Central America. “As a result, continued rapid strengthening is expected during the next 24 to 36 hours, and Iota is forecast to become a potentially catastrophic category 4 hurricane before it reaches the coast of northeastern Nicaragua or eastern Honduras.” “Iota is located within an extremely conducive environment for strengthening,” the NHC said. If it indeed reaches maximum sustained winds of at least 130 mph, it will be the second Category 4 hurricane to impact Central America this month. Iota is churning in the Caribbean Sea, where it “continues to rapidly strengthen,” according to the U.S.-based meteorological experts. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned Sunday is the “last guaranteed day” to prepare for Hurricane Iota, which is expected to make landfall Monday in Honduras or Nicaragua.

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