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Prosecutor: ‘Bone-chilling’ video shows crimes of defendant granted ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’
Read full article: Prosecutor: ‘Bone-chilling’ video shows crimes of defendant granted ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’Erwin Zúñiga was driving drunk and speeding when he crashed and killed three people about two years ago in Miami-Dade County, according to police.
Prosecutors: Miami-Dade fatal DUI crash defendant gets ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’
Read full article: Prosecutors: Miami-Dade fatal DUI crash defendant gets ‘get-out-of-jail-free card’Erwin Zúñiga was driving drunk and speeding when he crashed and killed three people about two years ago in Miami-Dade County, according to police.
Former Honduras national police chief gets 19 years in US prison for cocaine distribution
Read full article: Former Honduras national police chief gets 19 years in US prison for cocaine distributionThe former chief of the Honduran National Police has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in a cocaine conspiracy.
Feds describe how Miami contract pilot got caught trafficking cocaine
Read full article: Feds describe how Miami contract pilot got caught trafficking cocaineA Miami contract pilot known as “Jagger” flew a private jet registered in the U.S. from the Dominican Republic to Venezuela where he expected men to load about 1,700 kilograms of cocaine from Colombia.
Honduras ex-first lady says presidential bid not meant to protect herself after husband's conviction
Read full article: Honduras ex-first lady says presidential bid not meant to protect herself after husband's convictionHonduras’ former first lady Ana García de Hernández says her decision to seek the presidency next year is about showing the world the injustice that was done to her recently convicted husband, not an attempt to protect herself from prosecution as some allege.
Hondurans are glued to their former president's drug trafficking trial in a New York courtroom
Read full article: Hondurans are glued to their former president's drug trafficking trial in a New York courtroomHondurans call it the “Trial of the Century,” but it’s occurring in a New York courtroom some 3,500 miles away.
Man accused of sexually abusing teen at house where he rented room in Miami-Dade: Police
Read full article: Man accused of sexually abusing teen at house where he rented room in Miami-Dade: PoliceA 44-year-old man from Honduras stands accused of sexually abusing a teen twice in one month at the house where he was renting a room in Miami-Dade County, according to police.
5-year-old migrant boy who got sick at a temporary Chicago shelter died from sepsis, autopsy shows
Read full article: 5-year-old migrant boy who got sick at a temporary Chicago shelter died from sepsis, autopsy showsAn autopsy shows the cause of death for a 5-year-old Venezuelan boy who died in December after becoming ill at a temporary shelter for migrants in Chicago was sepsis and a bacterial infection that causes strep throat.
A caravan of migrants from Honduras who were heading to the US dissolves in Guatemala
Read full article: A caravan of migrants from Honduras who were heading to the US dissolves in GuatemalaThe Guatemalan Migration Institute reports that a caravan of some 500 migrants that departed northern Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States has dissolved after crossing the border into Guatemala.
Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies
Read full article: Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming alliesPreventing dengue fever has long meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites.
Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and lock gangsters inside
Read full article: Honduras wants to build West's only island prison colony and lock gangsters insideHonduras plans to build the only island prison colony in the Western Hemisphere and send its most-feared gangsters there.
Fear stalks the funerals of victims of Honduras prison massacre
Read full article: Fear stalks the funerals of victims of Honduras prison massacreFear simmered among the small knot of relatives gathered for the wake of a mother and daughter who were among 46 women inmates slaughtered in this week's prison riot in Honduras.
Hondurans see little hope for nation's prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emerge
Read full article: Hondurans see little hope for nation's prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emergeAuthorities in Honduras are beginning to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in recent memory.
Gang slaughtered 46 women at Honduran prison with machetes, guns and flammable liquid, official says
Read full article: Gang slaughtered 46 women at Honduran prison with machetes, guns and flammable liquid, official saysAn official says that gang members inside a women’s prison in Honduras slaughtered 46 other women inmates by spraying them with gunfire, hacking them with machetes and then locking survivors in their calls and dousing them with flammable liquid.
41 women die in grisly riot in Honduran prison that president blames on 'mara' gangs
Read full article: 41 women die in grisly riot in Honduran prison that president blames on 'mara' gangsA grisly riot at a women’s prison in Honduras has left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the country’s president blames on “mara” street gangs that often wield broad power inside penitentiaries.
Honduran president begins first visit to China since breaking off ties with Taiwan
Read full article: Honduran president begins first visit to China since breaking off ties with TaiwanHonduran President Xiomara Castro has arrived in Shanghai on her first visit to China since the two countries established diplomatic ties.
Campaigners want fossil fuel firms to pay into climate calamity fund; diplomats dubious
Read full article: Campaigners want fossil fuel firms to pay into climate calamity fund; diplomats dubiousEnvironmental campaigners are calling for fossil fuel producers to contribute to a new fund intended to help poor countries cope with climate disasters.
Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rules
Read full article: Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rulesAsylum-seekers say joy over the end of the public health restriction known as Title 42 this month is turning into anguish with the realization of how the Biden administration’s new rules affect them.
Takeaways from AP's report on secretive networks helping women circumvent Honduras' abortion ban
Read full article: Takeaways from AP's report on secretive networks helping women circumvent Honduras' abortion banHonduras has one of the world’s strictest abortion bans, with a constitutional prohibition on terminating pregnancy in all cases.
'He wanted to live the American Dream': Honduran teen dies in US immigration custody
Read full article: 'He wanted to live the American Dream': Honduran teen dies in US immigration custodyThe mother of a 17-year-old boy who died this week in U.S. immigration custody is demanding answers from American officials, saying her son had no known illnesses and had not shown any signs of being sick before his death.
Lives immigrants built in Texas town shattered by shooting
Read full article: Lives immigrants built in Texas town shattered by shootingThe beautiful life Wilson Garcia, an Honduran immigrant, had built for his wife and three children was shattered when his neighbor burst into his Cleveland, Texas, home on April 28 and fatally shot five people, including his wife and 9-year-old son.
Victims in Texas mass shielded baby; 9-year-old loved soccer
Read full article: Victims in Texas mass shielded baby; 9-year-old loved soccerA shooting that killed a 9-year-old boy and four adults at a home in rural Texas has left a trail of anguish and sorrow that extends to Honduras and includes two newly orphaned children.
Across Latin America, migrant blaze families left reeling
Read full article: Across Latin America, migrant blaze families left reelingAs images of the devastating blaze at an immigration detention center in Mexico consume news broadcasts and social media, families scattered across the Americas are suffering the consequences, reeling with agony as they await news of their loved ones.
Honduras establishes ties with China after Taiwan break
Read full article: Honduras establishes ties with China after Taiwan breakHonduras has established diplomatic ties with China after breaking off relations with Taiwan, which is increasingly isolated and now recognized by only 13 sovereign states.
Julia Moving Quickly Across Nicaragua, Approaching The Pacific Coast
Read full article: Julia Moving Quickly Across Nicaragua, Approaching The Pacific CoastAt 100 PM CDT (1800 UTC), the center of Tropical Storm Julia was located inland near latitude 12.4 North, longitude 86.2 West. Julia is moving toward the west near 16 mph (26 km/h), and this motion is...
NHC monitoring disturbance near Central America, expected to stay south of Florida
Read full article: NHC monitoring disturbance near Central America, expected to stay south of FloridaThe National Hurricane Center continues to monitor a large, disorganized area of storminess across the southwestern Caribbean near the coasts of Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Will the U.S. men blow their chance for a World Cup spot, like they did for the 2018 event?
Read full article: Will the U.S. men blow their chance for a World Cup spot, like they did for the 2018 event?Nearly five years after the United States men’s national soccer team famously blew a spot in the 2018 World Cup by losing to a vastly inferior Trinidad and Tobago squad in October of 2017 in the final game of qualifying, the moment of redemption has finally arrived for the Americans.
Ex-Honduran leader placed on US list of corrupt officials
Read full article: Ex-Honduran leader placed on US list of corrupt officialsThe Biden administration last year quietly placed former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández on a classified list of officials suspected of corruption or undermining democracy in Central America.
2,000 migrants continue walk through southern Mexico
Read full article: 2,000 migrants continue walk through southern MexicoA group of about 2,000 mainly Central American migrants have continued their mass exodus from the southern Mexico city of Tapachula, reaching a town about 16 miles (26 kms) away.
Pulisic among UK-based who could miss US qualifier at Panama
Read full article: Pulisic among UK-based who could miss US qualifier at PanamaThe British government is keeping Panama on its red list, which means the United States may have to play without star Christian Pulisic and several other players for its World Cup qualifier at the Central American nation on Oct. 10.
Robinson, Pepi, US flip WCup qualifier, beat Honduras 4-1
Read full article: Robinson, Pepi, US flip WCup qualifier, beat Honduras 4-1Antonee Robinson and Ricardo Pepi scored their first international goals after a halftime change in formation, Brenden Aaronson and Sebastian Lletget added late goals and the United States revived its World Cup qualifying campaign with a 4-1 win over Honduras.
Berhalter swaps 5 starters for WCup qualifier vs Honduras
Read full article: Berhalter swaps 5 starters for WCup qualifier vs HondurasForward Ricardo Pepi was given his U.S. national team debut as under-pressure coach Gregg Berhalter changed five starters for Wednesday night’s World Cup qualifier at Honduras.
Can U.S. men atone for failure, advance to 2022 World Cup in soccer?
Read full article: Can U.S. men atone for failure, advance to 2022 World Cup in soccer?The last time the United States Men’s Soccer Team took the field for a World Cup qualifier, it produced one of the most humiliating moments in the program’s history.
EXPLAINER: What's next for the 'Remain in Mexico' policy?
Read full article: EXPLAINER: What's next for the 'Remain in Mexico' policy?The Supreme Court has ordered the reinstatement of the “Remain in Mexico” immigration policy, saying the Biden administration likely violated federal law by trying to end the Trump-era program that forces people to wait in Mexico while seeking asylum in the U.S. The decision raised questions about what comes next for the future of the policy, also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols.
Siebatcheu scores to lift US over Honduras in Nations League
Read full article: Siebatcheu scores to lift US over Honduras in Nations LeagueJordan Siebatcheu scored his first international goal in the 89th minute, and the United States beat Honduras 1-0 to reach the final of the first CONCACAF Nations League.
Family searching for boaters lost at sea between Key West and Honduras
Read full article: Family searching for boaters lost at sea between Key West and HondurasTwo men on one boat hauling another went missing at sea after losing an engine. The family last heard from them on Mother's Day as they were sailing to Guanaja, Honduras.
Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala deploy troops to lower migration
Read full article: Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala deploy troops to lower migrationThe Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to temporarily surge troops to their borders in an effort to reduce the tide of migration to the U.S. border.
Hundreds of migrants set out from Honduras, dreaming of US
Read full article: Hundreds of migrants set out from Honduras, dreaming of US(AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)SAN PEDRO SULA – A few hundred Honduran migrants set out for the Guatemalan border before dawn Tuesday in hopes of eventually reaching the United States, but by afternoon they had largely dispersed. There were three checkpoints before the border on the Honduras side where authorities checked documents, especially for those traveling with children. That caravan, which grew to a few thousand migrants, was eventually dissolved by authorities in Guatemalan using tear gas and riot shields. Mexico last week began restricting crossings at its southern border to essential travel and stepped up operations to intercept migrants, especially families, in the south. The Northern Triangle countries — Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — have accounted for the majority of migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border in recent years.
Honduras: candidatos cuestionados buscarán la presidencia
Read full article: Honduras: candidatos cuestionados buscarán la presidenciaCopyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribuARCHIVO - En esta fotografa de archivo del 18 de marzo de 2106, Yani Rosenthal, al frente, y su primo, Yankel Rosenthal, abandonan la corte federal en Nueva York luego de una audiencia en su caso de lavado de dinero en Nueva York. Yani se postula para presidente de Honduras en 2021. (AP Foto/Mark Lennihan, Archivo)
Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLS
Read full article: Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLSUnited States' Sebastian Soto reacts at the end of a Concacaf Men's Olympic qualifying championship semi-final soccer match against Honduras in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Lalas maintains the burden to improve the Olympic effort lies with Kreis, senior national team coach Gregg Berhalter and U.S. men’s national team general manager Brian McBride. FIFA regulations say clubs don’t have to release players for Olympic qualifying or the Olympics. FIFA restricts Olympic qualifying to players 23 and under. AdNone of Honduras’ players on the roster for last week’s national team exhibition against Greece were Olympic age eligible.
Guatemala declares emergency measures as new caravan rumored
Read full article: Guatemala declares emergency measures as new caravan rumoredMigrants disembark on the Mexican side of the border after crossing the Usumacinta River from Guatemala, in Frontera Corozal, Chiapas state, Mexico, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Guatemala issued a similar decree in January to stymie a previous caravan, arguing it represented a public health risk amid the coronavirus pandemic. During the previous attempt in January, Guatemalan police and soldiers launched tear gas and wielded batons and shields to stop a group of about 2,000 Honduran migrants at a roadblock. AdSeveral caravans of mainly Honduran migrants have tried to cross Guatemala and Mexico to reach the U.S. border, though none has succeeded since 2019. U.S. authorities reported more than 100,000 encounters on the southern border in February, the highest since a four-month streak in 2019.
US men lose to Honduras, miss 3rd straight Olympic soccer
Read full article: US men lose to Honduras, miss 3rd straight Olympic soccerAnother missed Olympics soccer tournament for the U.S. men. AdThe American Olympic skid is part of a trend that includes the senior national team missing the 2018 World Cup. Olympic men's soccer is limited to players both Jan. 1, 1997, and later, and clubs don't have to release players. Johnny Cardoso mis-hit an open header in second-half stoppage time. “I think the first half looked a lot like the Dominican Republic first half,” Kreis said.
White House says it's working on access to migrant centers
Read full article: White House says it's working on access to migrant centersRepublican officials are also blaming the Biden administration for actions they say are leading more people from Central America to seek entry into the United States. “It’s not a crisis, it’s a complete loss of sovereignty down there,” Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said. AdGraham recently visited the border and said he saw a facility designed to hold 80 children with about 1,000 in it. “It does not mean that they get to stay in the United States. AdPsaki said the administration is committed to transparency and providing access to those temporary Border Patrol facilities as soon as it can.
Mexico seizes fake Sputnik vaccine bound for Honduras
Read full article: Mexico seizes fake Sputnik vaccine bound for HondurasIn this photo released by Mexico's tax agency, SAT, on March 17, 2021, officials show vials of seized, alleged Sputnik V vaccines for COVID-19 in Campeche, Mexico. (Mexican tax agency SAT via AP)MEXICO CITY – Mexican customs officials have seized purported vials of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine en route to Honduras that the Russian entity that bankrolled the vaccine’s development said Thursday were fake. The RDIF also drew geopolitics into the mix, saying, “This is an example of possible provocations against Sputnik V just as Russian officials warned last week. The source said that the alleged plan is to paint Sputnik V as ineffective and dangerous, including by “staging mass deaths, allegedly as a result of using” the vaccine. Mexico started vaccinating people with Sputnik V last month and has received 400,000 doses to date.
Lawmakers from South Florida tour border, say Biden policy leads to dangerous migrant journey
Read full article: Lawmakers from South Florida tour border, say Biden policy leads to dangerous migrant journeySouth Florida’s newest members of Congress, Reps. Maria Salazar and Carlos Gimenez toured a processing site and met families at the United States’ southern border Monday, a tour with Republican leadership blaming President Joe Biden for a migrant surge. “I spoke to a family that told me it took them 22 days to come from Honduras,” said Gimenez, R-District 26. “They were incentivized by the rhetoric, by the change of policy.”Said Salazar, R-District 27: “It’s our girls — Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua — that are being raped. It’s our girls, the children that are being trafficked.”🚨 I’m at the border 🚨We’re facing a Human Trafficking crisis! “It’s a complicated problem, no doubt about it,” said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras president
Read full article: Drug trafficker says he bribed Honduras presidentFILE - In this Jan. 14, 2020, file photo, Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernandez arrives for the swearing-in ceremony for Guatemala's new President Alejandro Giammattei at the National Theater in Guatemala City. AdThe accusation came in the third day of testimony in the trial of alleged drug trafficker Geovanny Fuentes Ramírez. U.S. prosecutors have made it clear that allegations against President Hernández would arise during the trial, though he has not been charged. During that trial, the president was accused of accepting more than $1 million from Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Alvarez said that he had never taken money from Rivera Maradiaga, who called the politicians he allegedly bribed “narco-politicians.”Ad“I don’t have anything to hide,” Alvarez wrote.
Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
Read full article: Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccinesIndia has gifted neighbors, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, with more than 5 million doses. That’s on top of a previously negotiated African Union deal for 270 million doses from several pharmaceutical companies and in addition to the 600 million doses Africa expects to receive from COVAX. Kate Elder, senior vaccines policy adviser at Doctors Without Borders, said developing countries should not be criticized for securing private vaccine deals since that is precisely what rich countries did last year. “If countries are getting vaccines on their own, then how are WHO and GAVI delivering for them?” she asked. In the meantime, India has already gifted neighbors, including Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, with more than 5 million doses.
Eta Producing Heavy Rains And Life-Threatening Flooding Over Portions Of Central America
Read full article: Eta Producing Heavy Rains And Life-Threatening Flooding Over Portions Of Central AmericaJamaica: An additional 3 to 5 inches (75 to 125 mm), isolated maximum storm totals of 15 inches (380 mm). The Cayman Islands into portions of Cuba: 10 to 20 inches (255 to 510 mm), isolated maximum totals of 30 inches (760 mm). This rainfall will lead to catastrophic, life-threatening flash flooding and river flooding, along with landslides in areas of higher terrain of Central America. Significant, life-threatening flash flooding and river flooding is possible in the Cayman Islands and Cuba. SURF: Swells generated by Eta are expected to affect portions of the coast of Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico during the next couple of days.
US motions expand drug claims against Honduras president
Read full article: US motions expand drug claims against Honduras president(UNTV via AP)NEW YORK – U.S. federal prosecutors have filed motions saying that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández took bribes from drug traffickers and had the country's armed forces protect a cocaine laboratory and shipments to the United States. The documents quote Hernández as saying he wanted to “'shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos' by flooding the United States with cocaine." The motions filed Friday with the U.S. Southern District of New York do not specifically name the president, referring to him as “CC-4,” or co-conspirator No. During that trial, the president was accused of accepting more than $1 million from Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — an accusation repeated in the new motions. At this time, CC-4 was pursuing election as the President of Honduras as a member of the Partido Nacional de Honduras (the “National Party”),” the motion said.
Hundreds of thousands at Honduras' shelters after hurricanes
Read full article: Hundreds of thousands at Honduras' shelters after hurricanesHurricane victims take refuge under a bridge in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Shelters for people whose homes were flooded or damaged by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Honduras are now so crowded that thousands of victims have taken refuge under highway overpasses or bridges. The Red Cross estimates that about 4.2 million people were affected by the back-to-back hurricanes in November in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)SAN PEDRO SULA – Shelters for people whose homes were flooded or damaged by hurricanes Eta and Iota in Honduras are now so crowded that thousands of victims have taken refuge under highway overpasses or bridges. Orlando Antonio Linares oversees a municipal shelter at a school in San Pedro Sula, where almost 500 hurricane victims have taken refuge.
Never say never, but hurricane season appears to be winding down
Read full article: Never say never, but hurricane season appears to be winding downThe rain in Central America is not going to let up quickly because the cold front that came through Florida will be in the vicinity as well. In addition, a Tropical Disturbance in the extreme southern Caribbean Sea will pull additional moisture over Central America and northern Colombia. It’s a broad low-pressure area at this point, and it has a very slight chance of developing into a tropical depression. Since all of the systems involved are moving slowly, the strong winds off the ocean will continue through the week. It’s unlikely to amount to much, though it has a slight chance of padding the 2020 stats.
Life-threatening flooding continues in Central America from Iota while a cold front protects Florida
Read full article: Life-threatening flooding continues in Central America from Iota while a cold front protects FloridaThe center of what’s left of Hurricane Iota is dying out over El Salvador, but moisture continues to be pulled into the mountainous areas in Central America, especially in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Guatemala. But the flash flooding at high elevations continues, and that water cascades down the mountains in the gullies, valleys, and rivers. Conditions will slowly ease as what’s left of Iota drifts toward the Pacific Ocean and dies out tomorrow. It would have very little time to organize before it moved across Central America late this week or over the weekend. An upper-level disturbance that is helping to drive the cool air south might kick off a non-tropical system east of the Bahamas.
Iota's devastation comes into focus in storm-weary Nicaragua
Read full article: Iota's devastation comes into focus in storm-weary NicaraguaMen wade through a street flooded after the passing of Hurricane Iota in La Lima, Honduras, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. Rescuers searched at the site of a landslide in northern Nicaragua, where the local government confirmed four deaths and neighbors spoke of at least 16. Iota arrived Monday evening with winds of 155 mph (250 kph), hitting nearly the same location as Hurricane Eta two weeks earlier. The hurricane season officially ends Nov. 30. ___Associated Press writers Christopher Sherman in Mexico City, Marlon González in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and Manuel Rueda in Bogota, Colombia, contributed to this report.
Nicaragua, Honduras need help after 2nd hurricane blow in 2 weeks
Read full article: Nicaragua, Honduras need help after 2nd hurricane blow in 2 weeksA woman standing near a fallen house, brought down by the winds of Hurricane Iota in Siuna, Nicaragua, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. That was just 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta made landfall on Nov. 3, also as a Category 4 storm. Fallen tree branches cover a house after the passage of Hurricane Iota in Siuna, Nicaragua, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Hurricane Iota tore across Nicaragua, hours after roaring ashore as a Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of the Caribbean coast that was recently devastated by an equally powerful hurricane. SOUTH FLORIDAHow to help as need for emergency relief grows in Nicaragua, HondurasThere is a need for non-perishable food, over-the-counter medications, first-aid kits, sleeping bags.
Hurricane Iota continues to pummel Nicaragua and Honduras
Read full article: Hurricane Iota continues to pummel Nicaragua and HondurasVicious Category 4 Hurricane Iota — just one notch below Category 5 strength — made landfall almost exactly where Category 4 Hurricane Eta hit just 13 days before. It’s hard to imagine what it must have been like in those coastal towns in eastern Nicaragua after dark yesterday and last night. The stunning thing is, of course, that this same thing just happened a week before last from Hurricane Eta. Iota should die out completely in a couple of days as the circulation gets mangled by the tall mountains of Central America. Hurricane Iota, of course, reached Category 5 strength just offshore of the Nicaraguan coastline, before weakening slightly to a top-end Category 4 at landfall.
Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua as 2nd blow in 2 weeks
Read full article: Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua as 2nd blow in 2 weeksA fallen tree lies on the road after the passage of Hurricane Iota in Siuna, Nicaragua, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Hurricane Iota tore across Nicaragua on Tuesday, hours after roaring ashore as a Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of the Caribbean coast that was recently devastated by an equally powerful hurricane. By Tuesday night, Iota had diminished to a tropical storm and was moving inland over northern Nicaragua and southern Honduras. Even before Iota hit Nicaragua, it scraped over the tiny Colombian island of Providencia, more than 155 miles (250 kilometers) off Nicaragua's coast. Iota developed later in the season than any other Category 5 storm on record, beating a Nov. 8, 1932, Cuba hurricane, said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.
Help for Honduras: Where to get involved, make a difference and donate
Read full article: Help for Honduras: Where to get involved, make a difference and donateMIAMI, Fla. – Hurricane Iota is forecast to hit Honduras as a Category 5 storm and is expected to be devastating. Throughout Florida, necessary items are being gathered to help those who will be affected after the storm. At the Global Empowerment Mission in Miami, they are working around the clock to fill trailers, then send them out. Martha Hernandez, who is spearheading donation drive Amor Y Fuerza Honduras in Doral, has family in Honduras. Where to DonateGEM warehouse, 1148 Northwest 72nd St., Miami, (800) 995-7604.
Super-fierce Hurricane Iota set to ram Nicaragua and Honduras tonight
Read full article: Super-fierce Hurricane Iota set to ram Nicaragua and Honduras tonightHurricane Iota is on the cusp Category 5 strength as it is on final approach to landfall on the coast of Nicaragua near the Honduras border this evening. That was November 6, 1932, as the storm was heading for the Cayman Islands and the southern coast of Cuba. Eta was a Category 4 at landfall, and Iota is forecast to come in near or at Category 5 strength. Imagine reeling from a Category 4 hurricane to get the news that another stronger storm was coming 2 weeks later. In the National Hurricane Center graphic, you can see the yellow area just below the hurricane symbol representing Iota.
Iota llega a Nicaragua como huracán categoría 4
Read full article: Iota llega a Nicaragua como huracán categoría 4Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. El periodista de The Associated Press Marlon González contribuyó en esta nota desde Tegucigalpa. “Yo vi pasar a una señora de edad corriendo y gritando por auxilio; al parecer había perdido su casa. Se abrazó con todas sus fuerzas a un árbol de coco y aguantó ahí, hasta que dos hombres con cuerdas amarradas a la cintura la rescataron”, contó a The Associated Press. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press.
Hurricane Iota powers up in new threat to Central America
Read full article: Hurricane Iota powers up in new threat to Central AmericaA pregnant woman is carried out of an area flooded by water brought by Hurricane Eta in Planeta, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warned it would probably reach Category 4 strength as it approached the Central America mainland late Monday. It was already a record-breaking system, being the 30th named storm of this year’s extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season. Eta was the 28th named storm of this year’s hurricane season, tying the 2005 record for named storms. The official end of hurricane season is Nov. 30.
Hurricane Iota heads for already battered Central America
Read full article: Hurricane Iota heads for already battered Central AmericaIota became a Category 2 hurricane late Sunday afternoon, and the U.S. National Hurricane Center warned it would likely be an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm when it approached the Central America mainland late Monday. It was already a record-breaking system, being the 30th named storm of this year’s extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season. It hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane, killing at least 120 people as torrential rains caused flash floods and mudslides in parts of Central America and Mexico. Eta was the 28th named storm of this year’s hurricane season, tying the 2005 record for named storms. The official end of hurricane season is Nov. 30.
Iota is forecast to become a powerful hurricane in the Caribbean
Read full article: Iota is forecast to become a powerful hurricane in the CaribbeanTropical Storm Iota formed a bit ahead of schedule yesterday under a supportive upper-level pattern and warm Caribbean water. The official forecast is for Iota to be at Category 3 strength when it makes landfall. It’s hard to believe that another intense hurricane is forecast to head in that same direction. This fall weather pattern will push the tropical moisture well to the south with a major dose of dry northern air covering the entire state. Long-range computer models maintain the fall weather pattern over Florida for the foreseeable future, which will be hostile to tropical systems.
Iota threatens 2nd hurricane strike for Nicaragua, Honduras
Read full article: Iota threatens 2nd hurricane strike for Nicaragua, HondurasEta weakened from the Category 4 hurricane to a tropical storm after lashing Nicaragua's Caribbean coast for much of Tuesday, its floodwaters isolating already remote communities and setting off deadly landslides. (AP Photo/Carlos Herrera)ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Tropical Storm Iota was strengthening in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday, threatening a second major hurricane strike for Nicaragua and Honduras, countries recently clobbered by a Category 4 Hurricane Eta. The Caribbean island of Providencia and parts of Nicaragua and Honduras were under hurricane warnings. Iota is already a record-setting system, being the 30th named storm of this year’s extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season. Eta was the 28th named storm of this year’s hurricane season, tying the 2005 record for named storms.
Iota Dissipates Over Central America
Read full article: Iota Dissipates Over Central AmericaThe remnants are moving toward the west near 12 mph (19 km/h), and this general motion is expected to continue today. Maximum sustained winds are near 30 mph (45 km/h) with higher gusts. The estimated minimum central pressure is 1006 mb (29.71 inches). Portions of Nicaragua and El Salvador: 2 to 4 inches (50 to 100 mm), with isolated maximum totals of 6 inches (150 mm). SURF: Swells generated by Iota will affect much of the coast of Central America and the Yucatan Peninsula during the next day or so.
Eta lleva aguaceros a las calles ya inundadas de Florida
Read full article: Eta lleva aguaceros a las calles ya inundadas de FloridaCopyright 2020 The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. El periodista de The Associated Press Marlon González en Tegucigalpa, Honduras, contribuyó a este despacho. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. Published: November 9, 2020, 12:23 am Updated: November 9, 2020, 11:21 amPublished: November 9, 2020, 12:23 am Updated: November 9, 2020, 11:21 amIf you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.
Guatemala searches, Eta regains storm status, heads to Cuba
Read full article: Guatemala searches, Eta regains storm status, heads to CubaMembers of search and recovery teams search for survivors in the debris of a massive, rain-fueled landslide in the village of Queja, in Guatemala, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. The storm was expected to hit Cuba by early Sunday, and approach the Florida Keys and south Florida late Sunday or Monday. Tropical storm warnings were issued for central Cuba, southern Florida and the Florida Keys. South Florida started emptying ports and a small number of shelters opened in Miami and the Florida Keys for residents in mobile homes and low lying areas. The storms’ threat comes as many streets across South Florida have been inundated by heavy rains and unusual King Tides.
Eta regresa al mar tras vapulear a Centroamérica
Read full article: Eta regresa al mar tras vapulear a CentroaméricaCopyright 2020 The Associated Press. Los periodistas de The Associated Press Marlon González en Tegucigalpa, Seth Borenstein en Kensington, Christopher Sherman en la Ciudad de México y Manuel de la Cruz en Chiapas contribuyeron en este despacho. “A medida que pasan las horas vamos a empezar a ver, muy a nuestro pesar, algunos cuadros dantescos de personas encontradas fallecidas”, agregó. (Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.
Guatemala digs through landslide where 100 believed buried
Read full article: Guatemala digs through landslide where 100 believed buriedA barefooted woman makes her way around debris brought on by a landslide on a road blocking traffic, in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta, in Purulha, northern Guatemala Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. In a news conference, President Alejandro Giammattei said he believed there were at least 100 dead there in San Cristobal Verapaz, but noted that was still unconfirmed. Her home in La Lima, a San Pedro Sula suburb, is 150 feet from the roiling Chamelecon river and only a short way from the international airport’s runway. It said rescues were happening Friday in San Pedro Sula and La Lima, but the need was great and resources limited. The U.S. State Department said in a statement Friday that four U.S. helicopters from the Soto Cano Air Base near Tegucigalpa had flown to San Pedro Sula to participate in rescue operations.
Weakened Eta drenches Central America; at least 57 dead
Read full article: Weakened Eta drenches Central America; at least 57 deadA pregnant woman is carried out of an area flooded by water brought by Hurricane Eta in Planeta, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)TEGUCIGALPA – The rain-heavy remnants of Hurricane Eta flooded homes from Panama to Guatemala Thursday as the death toll across Central America rose to at least 57, and aid organizations warned the flooding and mudslides were creating a slow-moving humanitarian disaster across the region. Eta had sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph) and was moving north at 8 mph (13 kph) Thursday. When what’s left of the storm wobbles back into the Caribbean it will regain some strength and become a tropical storm again, forecasts show. “Whatever comes out (of Central America) is going to linger awhile,” said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.
Al menos 37 muertos en Guatemala tras paso de Eta
Read full article: Al menos 37 muertos en Guatemala tras paso de EtaCopyright 2020 The Associated Press. Todos los derechos reservados. Este material no puede ser publicado, difundido, reescrito o redistribuido sin permiso. Contribuyó con esta nota el periodista de The Associated Press Christopher Sherman, en Ciudad de México. If you need help with the Public File, call (954) 364-2526.
Eta brings heavy rains, deadly mudslides to Honduras
Read full article: Eta brings heavy rains, deadly mudslides to Honduras(AP Photo/Delmer Martinez)MANAGUA – Eta moved into Honduras on Wednesday as a weakened tropical depression but still bringing the heavy rains that have drenched and caused deadly landslides in the country's east and in northern Nicaragua. Before the center of Eta had even reached Honduras, hundreds of people had been forced from their homes by floodwaters. Eta left a path of destruction across northern Nicaragua starting with the coastal city of Bilwi. Northern Nicaragua is home to most of the country’s production of coffee, a critical export. In the Pacific, Tropical Storm Odalys continued to move across the open ocean and posed no threat to land.
Hurricane Eta has South Florida in the cone of uncertainty
Read full article: Hurricane Eta has South Florida in the cone of uncertaintyHurricane Eta is on track to be a catastrophic event in Central America — especially Nicaragua and Honduras. About Friday, what’s left of Eta is forecast to move north into the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba. The National Hurricane Center will make the call based on what they are able to track of Eta’s original center. The consensus of the afternoon computer forecast models is that that dip will scoop up the disturbance, whatever shape it’s in, and lift it toward South Florida. A satellite look at Hurricane Eta on Tuesday evening, Nov. 3.
Eta, que avanza por Nicaragua, deja al menos tres muertos
Read full article: Eta, que avanza por Nicaragua, deja al menos tres muertosCopyright 2020 The Associated Press. El periodista de The Associated Press Marlon González en Tegucigalpa, Honduras, y el periodista de ciencia de AP Seth Borenstein en Washington contribuyeron a este despacho. Si bien el río no se ha desbordado, periodistas que viajaron a la zona indicaron que la rústica barcaza que hace las veces de ferry para el cruce de personas y vehículos no está funcionando debido al embate de los fuertes vientos en la zona. Un cuerpo fue recuperado antes de que las labores de rescate se suspendieran por la noche y el riesgo de más deslaves, dijo a The Associated Press el teninente César Malespin, de los bomberos de Bonanza. Comentó que esperan reanudar el miércoles los trabajos de búsqueda.
Hurricane Eta grinds inland into Nicaragua; at least 3 dead
Read full article: Hurricane Eta grinds inland into Nicaragua; at least 3 deadMANAGUA – Hurricane Eta churned inland through northeast Nicaragua Tuesday night with devastating winds and rains that destroyed rooftops, caused rivers to overflow and left at least three people dead in the region. The hurricane had sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, down from an overnight peak of 150 mph (240 kph). Even before it made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, Honduras reported the first death after a mudslide trapped a 12-year-old girl in San Pedro Sula and two miners were killed in a mudslide in Bonanza, Nicaragua. Eta tripled in strength in about 24 hours, rapidly intensifying from a 40 mph (65 kph) storm Sunday morning to a 120 mph (190 kph) hurricane around midday Monday, and continuing to gain power throughout the day. Hurricane season still has a month to go, ending Nov. 30.
Hurricane Eta heads for Nicaragua as late-week developments remain very uncertain
Read full article: Hurricane Eta heads for Nicaragua as late-week developments remain very uncertainEta became a hurricane early this morning, and is continuing to strengthen as it slowly approaches the Nicaraguan coast. The storm will bring violent winds to the coast sections – winds at or near Category 3 strength are forecast. The coast of Nicaragua is under a Hurricane Warning, while coastal Honduras is under a Hurricane Watch meaning hurricane-force winds are possible there as well. The Western Caribbean is a favored area for storms to develop in November, so this isn’t a total surprise. If the system forms far to the south near the Honduras coast, they might not be able to pick it up.
Major Hurricane Eta threatens to bring flooding, storm surge
Read full article: Major Hurricane Eta threatens to bring flooding, storm surgeMEXICO CITY – Hurricane Eta erupted quickly into a potentially catastrophic major hurricane Monday as it headed for Central America, where forecasters warned of massive flooding and landslides across a vulnerable region. Eta was a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph) late Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Storm surge up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) above normal tides was possible for the coast of Nicaragua. Eta tripled in strength in about 24 hours, rapidly intensifying from a 40 mph (65 kph) storm Sunday morning to a 120 mph (190 kph) hurricane around midday Monday, and continued gain power throughout the rest of the day. Hurricane season still has a month to go, ending Nov. 30.
Eta Becomes An Extratropical Low
Read full article: Eta Becomes An Extratropical LowLocation 85 miles SE of Wilmington North Carolina Wind 45 mph Heading ENE at 21 mph Pressure 29.65 Coordinates 76.8W, 33.3NDiscussionAt 400 AM EST (0900 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Eta was located near latitude 33.3 North, longitude 76.8 West. The post-tropical cyclone is moving toward the east-northeast near 21 mph (33 km/h) and this motion is expected to continue with an increase in forward speed through Saturday. On the forecast track, Eta is expected to gradually pull away from the southeast U.S. Coast today. Eta could intensify a little as an non-tropical cyclone during the next day or so before it becomes absorbed by a larger non-tropical cyclone on Saturday or Saturday night. Tropics Models at 3:34 Friday Night, November 13thLand HazardsSURF: Swells generated by Eta will affect portions of the southeastern United States coast today.
Many in migrant caravan bused back to Honduran border
Read full article: Many in migrant caravan bused back to Honduran borderEarly Saturday, hundreds of migrants who had entered Guatemala this week without registering were being bused back to their country's border by authorities after running into a large roadblock. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)RIO DULCE – Hundreds of U.S.-bound Honduran migrants who had entered Guatemala this week without registering were being bused back to their country's border Saturday by authorities who met them with a large roadblock. Police said that hours earlier, migrants had boarded buses and army trucks to be taken back to the border. They heard about the caravan that formed earlier this week in San Pedro Sula via WhatsApp and Facebook. I don’t know to whose benefit, but we’re not naive.”The new group was reminiscent of a migrant caravan that formed two years ago shortly before U.S. midterm elections.
Migrantes cruzan Guatemala pese a amenazas, pocos retornan
Read full article: Migrantes cruzan Guatemala pese a amenazas, pocos retornan“Es que no nos pueden negar el derecho de seguir", dijo uno de los migrantes a un policía. "Díganles a sus jefes que nos den una oportunidad”. El agente respondió que los migrantes habían ingresado ilegalmente en el país y que tenían la orden de regresarlos a Honduras, o al menos no permitirles avanzar hacia la frontera con México. Mádelin, quien no quiso dar su apellido, intentaba animarse como podía porque ya que se lanzó, no quiere regresar. Fernando Sabión, un hondureño de 20 años era uno de los que no se detuvieron.
Migrants cross Guatemala despite government threats
Read full article: Migrants cross Guatemala despite government threatsA new caravan of about 2,000 migrants set out from neighboring Honduras in hopes of reaching the United States. But further ahead on the highway through northern Guatemala, about 1,000 migrants met a police and army roadblock late Friday that prevented them from advancing. On Thursday, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei vowed to return the migrants to Honduras, citing efforts to contain the pandemic. Hundreds of migrants crossed into Mexico, were allowed to walk for several hours up a rural highway and then detained. Even if the migrants were allowed to cross Mexico without interference, the U.S. has essentially closed its border to legal immigration and entering illegally is as difficult as ever.