Hurricane “Julia” impacted this Sunday on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua with winds and intense rains and entered its territory, after hitting the Colombian archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia without reporting damage or victims, so far.
“Satellite and radar data from Nicaragua indicate that the center of “Julia” made landfall in Nicaragua along the coast near Laguna de Perlas” at 07:15 GMT on Sunday, the Center posted on its Twitter account. Hurricane National.
At the time of impact on land, the meteor’s winds reached 136 kilometers per hour, according to the report.
In Bluefields, hurricane-force winds and heavy rains began to be felt around midnight, photographers from the AFP agency confirmed.
There are reports of detached roofs, fallen trees and no electricity in the city, which remains in the dark, according to official media.
After entering the Caribbean, ” Julia” will move through the territory until leaving the Pacific Ocean on Sunday afternoon or night as a tropical storm, according to CNH projections.
Meanwhile, the Colombian archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia, home to some 48,000 people, was battered by Julia ‘s winds before reaching the Nicaraguan coast, but authorities had reported no significant damage or casualties.
The government reported that they evacuated more than 6,000 people in Laguna de Perlas, in the Cayos Miskitos, an island located off the Caribbean coast, and other coastal communities.
“This storm has come gradually, but progressively evolving and strengthening,” said the meteorology director of the Nicaraguan Institute for Territorial Studies (Ineter), Marcio Baca.
According to the CNH, ” Julia” will bring rains over the weekend that could cause “flash floods and mudslides” in Central America.
This hurricane is the second hurricane of the 2022 season in the Central American Caribbean, after Bonnie entered the southern Caribbean between the border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica in July and affected hundreds of people in the region.
Climate change produces an increase in temperature in the surface layers of the oceans, which generates more powerful storms and hurricanes and with greater amounts of water, according to experts.
