Hurricanes Eta and Iota in Central America

A category 4 hurricane, Eta is expected to make landfall in Nicaragua on 3 November. The National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurriance Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States of America is warning that it could became a category 5 hurricane before making landfall. According to NOAA, catastrophic wind damage is expected where Eta's eyewall moves onshore within the Hurricane Warning area (coast of Nicaragua from the Honduras/Nicaragua border to Sandy Bay Sirpi) in the morning of 3 November, with tropical storm conditions in the larger area beginning within the next couple of hours.

Upon the request of the Central American Coordination Center for Natural Disaster Prevention (CEPREDENAC), UN-SPIDER is supporting countries in the region with access to relevant space-based information products. In addition, it is compiling relevant resources on this page to support disaster management officials in the region in preparing for and responding to hurricane Eta.