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Hurricane Eta Roars Toward Central America With Devastating Wind

Published 03/11/2020, 01:18
Updated 03/11/2020, 02:18
© Bloomberg. Honduran Air Force members load supplies on planes, to be taken to residents of Puerto Lempira municipality, department of Gracias a Dios, in preparation for the arrival of the upcoming Hurricane Eta, in Tegucigalpa, on November 2, 2020.  Photographer: Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images

© Bloomberg. Honduran Air Force members load supplies on planes, to be taken to residents of Puerto Lempira municipality, department of Gracias a Dios, in preparation for the arrival of the upcoming Hurricane Eta, in Tegucigalpa, on November 2, 2020. Photographer: Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images

(Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Eta has strengthened into one of the Atlantic’s most powerful storms of the year, packing winds of 150 miles (240 kilometers) an hour as it roars toward Central America.

The storm, a Category 4 major hurricane, is expected to cause life-threatening storm surges, flash floods and landslides when it slams into the coast of Nicaragua early Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said.

Eta, forecast to dump as much as 25 inches (64 centimeters) of rain after crashing ashore, is the Atlantic’s 28th storm of 2020, tying a 2005 record for the most named systems in a single year. So many have formed that the hurricane center has used up all its official names and has resorted to designating storms with Greek letters.

It’s rare for Atlantic hurricanes to reach Category 4 strength or higher during November, Phil Klotzbach, tropical cyclone researcher with Colorado State University, said in a tweet.

After it makes landfall, some forecasts call for Eta to re-form over the western Caribbean and potentially hit Cuba.

While 2020’s Atlantic storms haven’t been as strong as those that emerged in some other prolific seasons, the year has produced a number of records, including 11 strikes on the U.S. and six landfalls in Louisiana, according to Klotzbach.It’s estimated that this year’s storms have killed about 160 people across the Atlantic basin, and the numerous storms crossing the U.S. Gulf of Mexico’s oil and natural gas fields have led to several shutdowns and evacuations.While 2020 matches 2005 with 28 storms, this is the first time Eta has been used to name a storm. In 2005, the 28th storm wasn’t added until a post-season analysis of data, so this is also the earliest so many systems have been recorded across the Atlantic.

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© Bloomberg. Honduran Air Force members load supplies on planes, to be taken to residents of Puerto Lempira municipality, department of Gracias a Dios, in preparation for the arrival of the upcoming Hurricane Eta, in Tegucigalpa, on November 2, 2020.  Photographer: Orlando Sierra/AFP via Getty Images

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