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Hurricane Iota is currently a strong Category 4 major hurricane making affecting Nicaragua, a region devastated by Hurricane Eta just two weeks prior, after becoming the season's first Category 5 hurricane. The thirty-first tropical cyclone, thirtieth named storm, thirteenth hurricane, sixth major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Iota was at first as a tropical wave that moved into the Eastern Caribbean on November 10. Late on November 11, the wave began to become better organized and by November 13, it became Tropical Depression Thirty-One. The depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Iota six hours later. The storm was initially impacted by some wind shear, but a center relocation and relaxed shear allowed Iota to quickly strengthen into a hurricane on November 15, after which it explosively deepened, becoming a Category 5 hurricane the following day. This made 2020 the fifth consecutive season since 2016 to feature at least one Category 5 hurricane, Iota being the seventh in that line. Iota reached Category 5 intensity later in the year than any other Atlantic hurricane on record. It was the second-strongest November hurricane on record, behind only the 1932 Cuba hurricane. After weakening slightly, Iota made landfall in Northeastern Nicaragua as a high-end Category 4 hurricane.
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As of: | 10:00 p.m. EST (03:00 UTC November 17) November 16 | ||
Location: | 13.6°N 83.4°W / 13.6; -83.4 (Hurricane Iota) ± 15 nm About 30 mi (45 km) S of Puerto Cabezas About 100 mi (155 km) S of Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Honduras–Nicaragua border | ||
Sustained winds: | 135 knots (155 mph; 250 km/h) (1-min mean) gusting to 165 knots (190 mph; 305 km/h) | ||
Pressure: | 920 mbar (27.17 inHg) | ||
Movement: | W at 8 knots (9 mph; 15 km/h) | ||
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The precursor wave to Iota generated flash flooding in most of the Caribbean islands. Tropical cyclone watches and warnings were first issued on November 14 in parts of Colombia, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Heavy rains associated with a tropical wave and Iota brought heavy rainfall to parts of Colombia, leading to flash flooding and mudslides. Three people have been killed and eight others are missing.