Iota: so you can help those affected by the hurricane in Central America

Red Cross asks for international support for scourge of Iota 6:01

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Iota struck an already devastated Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday. It is now a tropical storm, but the danger of life-threatening floods, catastrophic winds and landslides remains.

• Iota is considered the strongest hurricane in history to hit Nicaragua, says the government

It made landfall just 25 kilometers south of where Hurricane Eta struck two weeks ago.

Eta left thousands of displaced people and dozens of dead in Central America.

• Iota in Honduras: a critical night

Nonprofit organizations are increasing relief efforts in Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala to provide shelter, food and medical care to those in need after the hurricane struck.

You can help by clicking here.

The fury of Iota's passage through Central America, in images 1:00

Iota is the thirteenth hurricane in the historic 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. So far, there have been 30 named storms, the most ever recorded.

The combined devastation of Iota, Eta and the coronavirus pandemic is likely to plague the area, which already suffers from a poor public health system, for years to come.

Hurricane Iota