Forecasts have predicted that Hurricane Earl will achieve a “major” class 3 level by the end from the day. The storm will pass more than and have an effect on the islands of Antigua and Barbuda on Sunday, and circumstances are predicted to worsen. The storm reached a category 1 classification on Sunday while Earl was 150 miles east with the islands. At present, the highest sustained winds are sitting at around 85 miles per hour with some increased gusts. It will probably be heading west-northwest at 14 MPH.
Warnings are in effect for several different island chains within the Atlantic Ocean, such as the British Virgin Islands. A hurricane watch and tropical storm warning happen to be issued in Puerto Rico as nicely.
The storm is expected to strengthen more than the course with the following two days, and will become a possibly dangerous hurricane.
Hurricane Ida Path:Hurricane Ida Projected Path 2009 – Hurricane Ida path and other information on the natural disaster can be found here.Hurricane Ida is currently unleashing its anger on the island of Nicaragua where it has already forced 2,000 people to evacuate and has left many more without electricity.TS Ida has winds of 75 mph (120 kph) and is moving to the northwest at 6 mph (9 kph) and has Mexico on its target.Hurricane Ida could dump as much as 20 inches of rain in the country.
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua’s Atlantic coast on Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical storm.
Ida, clocking 75 mph (125 kph) winds, struck land around sunrise in Tasbapauni, about 60 miles northeast of Bluefields, said meteorologist Dennis Feltgen of the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
About 80 percent of homes were destroyed in nearby Karawala, a fishing village of about 100 flimsy, wooden shacks near the mouth of the Rio Grande de Matagalpa, said Nicaragua’s National Civil Defense director, Mario Perez.
Nicaraguan TV station Canal 63 showed images of corrugated metal roofs and electrical lines flying through the air, and coconut palms bent over by the howling winds.
“There was major damage in the region’s infrastructure, such as fallen bridges, damaged schools and government buildings, and electrical transmission towers and telephone service were knocked out,” Perez said.
No deaths or injuries have been reported, but Perez said officials are still trying to get information from the region.
The fast-developing grew from a tropical depression into a hurricane within little more than a day, then lost power as it stalled over eastern Nicaragua, with winds slowing to 65 mph (100 kph).
Ida could dump as much as 20 inches (500 millimeters) of rain on the swampy mainland, with the risk of flash floods and mudslides, according to the Miami-based center.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Hurricane Ida ripped into Nicaragua’s Atlantic coast on Thursday, destroying homes, damaging schools and downing bridges before losing steam and becoming a tropical storm.
