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Tropical Storm Eta expected to intensify into the season's 12th hurricane on Monday
Tropical Storm Eta is the 28th named storm of a historic Atlantic hurricane season, which has tied 2005 for most storms on record.
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The unremitting Atlantic hurricane season, which refuses to go quietly into the November night, is about to log another benchmark.
Tropical Storm Eta, which swirled to life over the weekend in the Caribbean, intensified Sunday and is expected to become the 12th Atlantic hurricane of 2020 early Monday. Eta is the 28th named storm of a historic season, which has tied 2005 for most storms on record.
The slow-moving system will deliver a rain-soaked punch to the Nicaraguan coast Monday night or early Tuesday and could cause life-threatening flash floods, dangerous storm surge and damaging winds over portions of Central America, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm had maximum sustained winds late Sunday afternoon of 65 mph and was centered about 285 miles east of the Nicaragua-Honduras border, heading westward at 15 mph. A hurricane warning was in effect from the Honduras/Nicaragua border to Sandy Bay Sirpi, the center said.
Central and northern Nicaragua into much of Honduras could get 15 to 25 inches of rain, and isolated areas could be swamped with up to 35 inches. Heavy rains also are likely in eastern Guatemala, Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica southern Haiti, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Life-threatening flash flooding and mountain landslides also loomed, the hurricane center warned.