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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHurricane Eta Intensifies to Category 4 Ahead of Catastrophic Central America Landfall
https://weather.com/news/news/2020-11-02-hurricane-eta-breaking-alert-cat4Hurricane Eta has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane as it heads toward a potentially catastrophic landfall in Nicaragua Tuesday.
As of the National Hurricane Center's 4 p.m. EST advisory Monday, Eta had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Some additional strengthening is possible before landfall.
Eta is forecast to bring a catastrophic storm surge and destructive winds to the northeast Nicaraguan coast near the storm's eyewall Tuesday. Eta's slow movement through the rest of the week is likely to bring catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides from heavy rain well inland over Central America.
Eta became only the fourth November hurricane to reach Category 4 intensity in historical records dating to 1851, according to Colorado State University tropical scientist Phil Klotzbach. Paloma in 2008 was the last hurricane to do so.
As of the National Hurricane Center's 4 p.m. EST advisory Monday, Eta had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. Some additional strengthening is possible before landfall.
Eta is forecast to bring a catastrophic storm surge and destructive winds to the northeast Nicaraguan coast near the storm's eyewall Tuesday. Eta's slow movement through the rest of the week is likely to bring catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides from heavy rain well inland over Central America.
Eta became only the fourth November hurricane to reach Category 4 intensity in historical records dating to 1851, according to Colorado State University tropical scientist Phil Klotzbach. Paloma in 2008 was the last hurricane to do so.
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Hurricane Eta Intensifies to Category 4 Ahead of Catastrophic Central America Landfall (Original Post)
Roland99
Nov 2020
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Yeah, looks like it's gonna pull a "right turn, Clyde" and go back into the Gulf
Roland99
Nov 2020
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dhill926
(16,234 posts)1. holy crap...and rare for November....
man, if this one gets loose in the Gulf....yikes...
Roland99
(53,342 posts)2. Yeah, looks like it's gonna pull a "right turn, Clyde" and go back into the Gulf
malaise
(267,800 posts)4. Nope -looks like it's coming back into the Caribbean Sea
Damn!
malaise
(267,800 posts)3. To think this was a Tropical Storm this morning
We're having torrential rain from the outer bands.