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Mexico overcomes 2-goal deficit, reaches CONCACAF Nations League semifinals with US, Canada, Panama
Read full article: Mexico overcomes 2-goal deficit, reaches CONCACAF Nations League semifinals with US, Canada, PanamaMexico overcame a two-goal, first-leg deficit and reached the CONCACAF Nations League semifinals with a 4-0 win over Honduras at Toluca behind two goals from Henry MartĆn and one each from RaĆŗl JimĆ©nez and Jorge SĆ”nchez.
Tropical Storm Sara weakens to tropical depression after making landfall in Belize
Read full article: Tropical Storm Sara weakens to tropical depression after making landfall in BelizeTropical Storm Sara has weakened to a tropical depression after making landfall in Belize, where forecasters expect heavy rain to cause flash flooding and mudslides.
A third November storm, Sara, serves notice that a busy hurricane season isn't over yet
Read full article: A third November storm, Sara, serves notice that a busy hurricane season isn't over yetTropical Storm Sara is the third named storm to emerge this November, serving up a reminder that the Atlantic hurricane season isn't quite over.
Tropical Storm Sara drenches Hondurasā northern coast with flash flooding and mudslides in forecast
Read full article: Tropical Storm Sara drenches Hondurasā northern coast with flash flooding and mudslides in forecastTropical Storm Sara is drenching Hondurasā northern coast, swelling rivers as it stalls over the Central American nation.
Tropical Storm Saraās remnants are forecast to reach Florida with a cold front
Read full article: Tropical Storm Saraās remnants are forecast to reach Florida with a cold frontSouth Floridians should expect comfortable weather with low humidity and cooler temperatures this weekend ā but Tropical Storm Sara will change that next week.
Sara raining out over Central America while the destructive US hurricane season draws to a close
Read full article: Sara raining out over Central America while the destructive US hurricane season draws to a closeTropical Storm Sara formed Thursday afternoon just 50 miles east of Honduras, drifting slowly along the countryās northern coast on Friday, spreading torrential rainfall across not only Honduras, but through Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, western Nicaragua, and eastern portions of Mexicoās YucatĆ”n Peninsula.
Belize on alert as Tropical Storm Sara moves along Honduran coast bringing heavy rain
Read full article: Belize on alert as Tropical Storm Sara moves along Honduran coast bringing heavy rainBelize issued tropical storm warnings for coastal areas on Friday as Tropical Storm Sara moved through the Caribbean, dousing Hondurasā northern coast with heavy rain.
Tropical depression forms, forecast to bring catastrophic flood threat to northern Honduras
Read full article: Tropical depression forms, forecast to bring catastrophic flood threat to northern HondurasThe disturbance weāve been tracking through the Caribbean this week was upgraded to Tropical Depression Nineteen Thursday morning off the coast of northern Honduras.
Depression strengthens to Tropical Storm Sara; forecast looking better for Florida
Read full article: Depression strengthens to Tropical Storm Sara; forecast looking better for FloridaTropical Depression 19 strengthened into Tropical Storm Sara Thursday afternoon in the western Caribbean. Life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides are expected in Honduras through the weekend, the National Hurricane Center reported.
Tropical system expected to form, strengthen over the Caribbean this weekend
Read full article: Tropical system expected to form, strengthen over the Caribbean this weekendA disturbance tracking south of Jamaica Wednesday morning ā designated Invest 99L by the National Hurricane Center ā is expected to organize into Tropical Storm Sara over the coming days and could strengthen into a powerful hurricane by this weekend as it hangs about off the coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua.
Miami professor warns Trumpās deportation plans could impact Florida immigrants
Read full article: Miami professor warns Trumpās deportation plans could impact Florida immigrantsA Miami-based professor is warning that heightened deportation efforts under potential Trump administration policies could impact over a million immigrants in Florida alone, with local communities and families facing serious consequences.
Prosecutor: āBone-chillingā video shows crimes of defendant granted āget-out-of-jail-free cardā
Read full article: Prosecutor: āBone-chillingā video shows crimes of defendant granted āget-out-of-jail-free cardāErwin ZĆŗƱiga 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 āget-out-of-jail-free cardā
Read full article: Prosecutors: Miami-Dade fatal DUI crash defendant gets āget-out-of-jail-free cardāErwin ZĆŗƱiga 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.
Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity 'megaprison' for gang members as part of a crackdown
Read full article: Honduras plans to build a 20,000-capacity 'megaprison' for gang members as part of a crackdownThe president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity āmegaprison.ā.
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 āJaggerā 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 convictionHondurasā former first lady Ana GarcĆa de HernĆ”ndez 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 āTrial of the Century,ā but itās 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 womenās 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 womenās 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 womenās prison in Honduras has left at least 41 women dead, most burned to death, in violence the countryās president blames on āmaraā 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 administrationās 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 worldās 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 menās 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 HernƔndez 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 nightās 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 Menās Soccer Team took the field for a World Cup qualifier, it produced one of the most humiliating moments in the programās 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 āRemain in Mexicoā 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 ā 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 ā Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador ā have accounted for the majority of migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border in recent years.
Honduras: candidatos cuestionados buscarƔn la presidencia
Read full article: Honduras: candidatos cuestionados buscarƔn 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. menās national team general manager Brian McBride. FIFA regulations say clubs donāt have to release players for Olympic qualifying or the Olympics. FIFA restricts Olympic qualifying to players 23 and under. AdNone of Hondurasā players on the roster for last weekās 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. āI think the first half looked a lot like the Dominican Republic first half,ā 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. āItās not a crisis, itās a complete loss of sovereignty down there,ā 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. āIt 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 ā 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 vaccineās development said Thursday were fake. The RDIF also drew geopolitics into the mix, saying, āThis 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 āstaging mass deaths, allegedly as a result of usingā 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 Floridaās newest members of Congress, Reps. Maria Salazar and Carlos Gimenez toured a processing site and met families at the United Statesā southern border Monday, a tour with Republican leadership blaming President Joe Biden for a migrant surge. āI spoke to a family that told me it took them 22 days to come from Honduras,ā said Gimenez, R-District 26. āThey were incentivized by the rhetoric, by the change of policy.āSaid Salazar, R-District 27: āItās our girls ā Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua ā that are being raped. Itās our girls, the children that are being trafficked.āšØ Iām at the border šØWeāre facing a Human Trafficking crisis! āItās a complicated problem, no doubt about it,ā 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 RamĆrez. U.S. prosecutors have made it clear that allegations against President HernĆ”ndez 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 JoaquĆn āEl Chapoā GuzmĆ”n. Alvarez said that he had never taken money from Rivera Maradiaga, who called the politicians he allegedly bribed ānarco-politicians.āAdāI donāt have anything to hide,ā 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. Thatās 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. āIf countries are getting vaccines on their own, then how are WHO and GAVI delivering for them?ā 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 ā U.S. federal prosecutors have filed motions saying that Honduran President Juan Orlando HernĆ”ndez 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 HernĆ”ndez as saying he wanted to ā'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 āCC-4,ā or co-conspirator No. During that trial, the president was accused of accepting more than $1 million from Mexican drug trafficker JoaquĆn āEl Chapoā GuzmĆ”n ā 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 āNational Partyā),ā 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 ā 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. Itās 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. Itās 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 whatās 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 whatās 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 GonzƔlez 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 ā just one notch below Category 5 strength ā made landfall almost exactly where Category 4 Hurricane Eta hit just 13 days before. Itās 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. ā 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 huracĆ”n categorĆa 4
Read full article: Iota llega a Nicaragua como huracĆ”n categorĆa 4Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. El periodista de The Associated Press Marlon GonzĆ”lez contribuyĆ³ en esta nota desde Tegucigalpa. āYo vi pasar a una seƱora de edad corriendo y gritando por auxilio; al parecer habĆa perdido su casa. Se abrazĆ³ con todas sus fuerzas a un Ć”rbol de coco y aguantĆ³ ahĆ, hasta que dos hombres con cuerdas amarradas a la cintura la rescataronā, contĆ³ 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 yearās extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season. Eta was the 28th named storm of this yearās 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 yearās 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 yearās 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. Itās 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. ā 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 yearās extraordinarily busy Atlantic hurricane season. Eta was the 28th named storm of this yearās 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 GonzĆ”lez en Tegucigalpa, Honduras, contribuyĆ³ 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 stormsā 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 CentroamƩrica
Read full article: Eta regresa al mar tras vapulear a CentroamĆ©ricaCopyright 2020 The Associated Press. Los periodistas de The Associated Press Marlon GonzĆ”lez en Tegucigalpa, Seth Borenstein en Kensington, Christopher Sherman en la Ciudad de MĆ©xico y Manuel de la Cruz en Chiapas contribuyeron en este despacho. āA medida que pasan las horas vamos a empezar a ver, muy a nuestro pesar, algunos cuadros dantescos de personas encontradas fallecidasā, agregĆ³. (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 airportās 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 ā 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 whatās left of the storm wobbles back into the Caribbean it will regain some strength and become a tropical storm again, forecasts show. āWhatever comes out (of Central America) is going to linger awhile,ā said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.