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Hurricane Eta lashes Nicaragua, raising fears of disastrous floods
Many thousands evacuated as storm moves inland, wrenching roofs off houses, downing trees and severing power lines in Puerto CabezasHurricane Eta, an unusually powerful storm, has slammed into Nicaragua, bringing potentially disastrous flooding to one of the country’s poorest regions.The heard of the storm begin to move inland on Tuesday, wrenching roofs off houses and causing rivers to overflow. In Puerto Cabezas on the Atlantic coast,trees were torn down and power lines were severed, plunging much of the city into darkness. About 10,000 people were in shelters in the city and an equal number in smaller towns across the region, according to city officials. Continue reading...
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