Tag: central america

Life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides forecast for Honduras’ northern coast

ByTeo Blašković Thursday, November 14, 2024Thursday, November 14, 2024

The northern coast of Honduras is bracing for life-threatening and potentially catastrophic flash flooding and mudslides as Tropical Depression Nineteen (TD19) moves westward, with up to 760 mm (30 inches) of rainfall anticipated, before the storm shifts toward Belize and the Yucatán Peninsula early next week. The depresion is forecast to strengthen into Tropical Storm “Sara” and meander near the northern coast of Honduras late Friday and through the weekend.

Strong and shallow M6.3 earthquake hits off the coast of Central America

ByTeo Blašković Sunday, October 16, 2022Wednesday, September 25, 2024

A strong and shallow earthquake, registered by the USGS as M6.3, hit off the coast of Central America at 12:48 UTC on October 16, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.3 at a depth of 11 km (6.8 miles).

Iota expected to strike Central America as a major hurricane

ByTeo Blašković Saturday, November 14, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Tropical Storm "Iota" formed in the Central Caribbean at 21:00 UTC on November 13, 2020, as the 30th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Iota is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane before it makes landfall in Central America. The…

Scientists create 3D images of geological processes below Earth’s surface

ByJulie Celestial Sunday, June 21, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Geoscientists at the University of Texas at Dallas generated high-resolution, 3D images of the dynamic geological processes that are happening far below the Earth's surface. The team described in the study how they created images of mantle flows in a subduction…

Severe flooding hits Nicaragua, life-threatening flash floods expected across Central America into the next week

ByJulie Celestial Thursday, May 28, 2020Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Heavy rains caused major flooding in several sectors of Esteli, Nicaragua, on Tuesday afternoon, May 26, 2020. Rivers and streams overflowed, damaging streets and submerging buildings. Heavy rain and life-threatening flash floods are expected across Central America…

11 dead after flash floods and mudslides hit Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala

ByTeo Blašković Tuesday, October 9, 2018Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Heavy rain produced by two low pressure systems along Central America and the Caribbean affected Central American countries over the weekend, resulting in flash floods and mudslides across western Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and the coast of…

Days of heavy rain, floods and deadly landslides across Central America

ByTeo Blašković Monday, October 20, 2014Wednesday, September 25, 2024

A slow moving low pressure system coming from the Caribbean Sea started affecting Nicaragua and surrounding countries on October 9th dumping record amounts of heavy rainfall. By October 20th, floods and landslides that followed claimed lives of more than 30 people throu

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