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Locals move on street barely cleared from the debris of the last storm, before Hurricane Iota makes landfall in La Lima, Honduras, Monday, November 16, 2020. Hurricane Iota rapidly strengthened Monday into a Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered by a powerful Hurricane Eta less than two weeks ago.

Hurricane Iota roars onto Nicaragua for 2nd time in 2 weeks

In a one-two punch, Hurricane Iota roared ashore as a dangerous Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful Hurricane Eta 13 days earlier...

Residents stand outside a home surrounded by floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Eta in Wawa, Nicaragua, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Eta slammed into Nicaragua's Caribbean coast with potentially devastating winds Tuesday, while heavy rains thrown off by the Category 4 storm already were causing rivers to overflow across Central America.

UPDATE: Hurricane lota now a Category 5 storm near Central America

Hurricane Iota rapidly strengthened Monday into a Category 5 storm that is likely to bring catastrophic damage to the same part of Central America already battered by a powerful Hurricane Eta less than two weeks ago...

Eta races off to sea from Carolinas after soaking Florida

Eta soaks Florida, races to Atlantic off Georgia, Carolinas

Eta remains a tropical storm as Florida prepares for 2nd hit

Eta strikes Florida Keys; expected to become hurricane

A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta made landfall on Florida's Lower Matecumbe Key on Sunday night, days after leaving scores of dead and over 100 missing in Mexico and Central America ...

A normally bustling Ocean Drive is shown during a downpour, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, on Miami Beach, Florida's famed South Beach. A strengthening Tropical Storm Eta cut across Cuba on Sunday, and forecasters say it's likely to be a hurricane before hitting the Florida Keys Sunday night or Monday.

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Ready, a national public service campaign, advises citizens do the following to prepare for a hurricane:

Know your area's risk of hurricanes and sign up for community warning alerts.
Develop a plan in the event of an evacuation.
Locate a safe shelter.
Stock an emergency preparedness kit, including water and food for at least three days, medications, a flashlight, batteries, cash and first aid supplies.
Review insurance policies and make sure important documents are in a safe place.

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