Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for IOTA-20
in Honduras, Nicaragua

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone IOTA-20 can have a high humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000743
Name IOTA-20
Glide number: TC-2020-000220-HND
From - To 13 Nov - 18 Nov
Exposed countries Honduras, Nicaragua
Exposed population 560 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 259 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge 1.9 m (17 Nov 04:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Medium (Honduras)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS NOAA 46 km/h 1.9 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
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"Satellite detected waters and potential affected buildings in Izabal department of Guatemalal as of 25 November 2020"

Latest media headlines

Articles: 817 | About casualties: 156 | Last hour: 0

Ouragan Iota : le bilan s'alourdit en Amérique centrale 11/22/2020 9:07:00 AM.

L'ouragan Iota a fait 41 morts en Amérique centrale, dans des glissements de terrain et des inondations, selon un nouveau bilan qui pourrait s'alourdir au fur et à mesure que les secours atteignent les régions sinistrées.
Hurricane Iota smashes Central America 11/22/2020 6:45:00 AM.

A man checks for belongings to pack whilst evacuating his house in anticipation of heavy rains as Hurricane Iota approaches, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras November 16, 2020. Residents arrange their belongings in the trunk of their car whilst
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As they repair Iota’s damage, Colombian survivors vow to rebuild 11/22/2020 6:10:00 AM.

When Category 5 Hurricane Iota roared over the small Colombian island of Providencia in the early hours of Monday morning, Yeisler Chamorro and his wife hunkered down underneath a mattress in their bedroom. Nearly all the infrastructure
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Honduras: UNICEF Central America Humanitarian Situation Report No. 3 (.. 11/22/2020 4:19:00 AM.

Countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama Source: UN Children's Fund Please refer to the attached file. Highlights Two weeks after Hurricane Eta struck Central America, authorities continue assessing
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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (6), UNOSAT (1), EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),