TEGUCIGALPA — An American-led group of foreign investors is developing an experimental city on an island off the coast of Honduras, with ambitions to become the Hong Kong of the Caribbean. But the project has sparked fears of a land grab among locals. The quiet fishing village of Crawfish Rock, located on the island of […]
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Eta Is Now A ‘Major Hurricane’ As It Barrels Towards Nicaragua, Honduras: NHC
MANAGUA — Eta, the slow-churning storm barreling towards the eastern coast of Central America, was upgraded to “a major hurricane” today, the National Hurricane Center said. It is now a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour, according to the NHC’s 4 p.m. ET advisory, which adds the storm could produce […]
Tropical Storm Eta Forms, Ties Record For Most Named Storms In A Season
MIAMI — Tropical Depression 29 in the Caribbean has been upgraded to Tropical Storm Eta. Eta is the 28th named storm of the active 2020 hurricane season and ties the record for the number of named storms in a single season set back in 2005. The storm has winds sustained at 40 mph with stronger gusts and […]
Not Done Yet: NHC Predicts New Tropical Depression In Caribbean
MIAMI — A tropical wave in the eastern Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression as November begins, according to the National Hurricane Center. It’s called Invest 96L and it has a 70 percent chance of forming in the next two days or so and an 80 percent chance five days out, […]