Hurricane Iota was a powerful and catastrophic late-season tropical cyclone which caused severe damage to areas of Central America already devastated by Hurricane Eta two weeks prior. The 31st and fin
Hurricane Iota approaching Nicaragua on November 16
Rain from Iota in Bogotá, the capital city of Colombia
Hurricane Iota shortly after landfall south of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua
British Merlin helicopter on damage survey over Honduras
Isla de Providencia, historically Old Providence, and generally known as Providencia or Providence, is a mountainous Caribbean island that is part of the Colombian department of Archipelago of San And
Hurricane Iota
…the peak intensity of Iota could be revised in future analyses. Tropical storm warnings were first issued for the Colombian islands of San Andrés and Providencia around midday on November 14. Three hours later, a hurricane watch was issued for Providencia, as well as along the coast of Northern Nicaragua and…
Drawing of the fortress of pirate Louis Michel Aury by Louis Pérou de Lacroix (1821)