A new tropical storm has formed in the Caribbean: “Iota” is located 1,530 km from Quintana Roo

The Meteorological Service and National Water Commission (CONAGUA) reported on the formation of the tropical storm Iota in the Caribbean, originated from the tropical depression 31.

Its center is located 540 km south-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica and 1,530 km east-southeast of the coast of Quintana Roo. This features maximum sustained winds of 65km / h and west-southwest shift at 6km / h. He is being kept under surveillance until now, CONAGUA reported on his Twitter account.

The US National Hurricane Center (CNH) reported that the Tropical storm Iota could generate dangerous winds, storm surges and rain in Nicaragua and Honduras by Sunday night. Additionally, it is expected to reach hurricane strength as it moves towards Central America.

This storm could wreak havoc in a region still suffering from the aftermath of Eta, which it has left more than 120 dead and many missing. This is the 30th named storm in the current Atlantic hurricane season, which set a record this year.

“Iota is expected to move across the central Caribbean Sea in the next day or two and is expected to approach the coasts of Nicaragua and northeastern Honduras on Sunday and Monday,” the center said in a statement Friday.

In Honduras began evacuating towns and cities in the Sula Valley, one of the areas most affected by floods and landslides caused by the previous tropical storm Eta, authorities said.

The passage of ETA through Central America

The United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM), continues to work in areas affected by hurricane Eta in Central America, warned that in addition to the humanitarian disaster, ETA could be the seed of future migration crises, as it could also aggravate economic instability and food insecurity.

The head of the IOM Mission for Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, Jorge Peraza stressed that the the most immediate needs are “food, protection and shelter for those affected, as well as other fundamental elements that help guarantee their dignity “, added the president.

While the destruction of crops and the impact on local economies in parts of Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala are a cause for concern for the director general of the IOM for Central America, North America and the Caribbean, Michele Klein-Solomon.

Therefore, the damage could aggravate the conditions of economic instability and food insecurity that had forced thousands of Central Americans to migrate in search of better living conditions, according to Klein-Solomon.

“What left Hurricane Eta is not only a huge humanitarian disaster that requires immediate attention, but also the seed of future migration crises that we must try to prevent,” added the director.

In the countries of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Belize the teams of IOM is distributing emergency kits, which include kitchen utensils, mattresses, linens and hygiene products, to help more than 2.5 million people affected by Hurricane Eta.

According to the figures of the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Coordination, at least 358,000 people are temporarily housed in schools and other buildings in these three countries. In Nicaragua, where it was the first country affected by ETA upon its entry into Central America on 2 November.

IOM, together with Local NGOs and civil society organizations delivered food and hygiene items, while in Mexico it will distribute aid in seven shelters in the south of the country.

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