Publication Date October 11, 2022 | Climate Nexus Hot News

Hurricane Julia Kills Dozens Across Central America

Nicaragua
Children passes run by a street full of remains of trees broke by Hurricane Julia in Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Hurricane Julia hit Nicaragua's central Caribbean coast on Sunday and dumped torrential rains across Central America before an expected reemergence over the Pacific. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon)
Children passes run by a street full of remains of trees broke by Hurricane Julia in Bluefields, Nicaragua, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. Hurricane Julia hit Nicaragua's central Caribbean coast on Sunday and dumped torrential rains across Central America before an expected reemergence over the Pacific. (AP Photo/Inti Ocon)

At least 28 people are dead across Central America after Hurricane Julia dumped as much as 15 landslide-inducing inches of rain across multiple countries. The region is still recovering from the one-two punch of Hurricanes Eta and Iota two years ago. Julia made landfall early Sunday near Laguna de Perlas, Nicaragua, blowing roofs off houses and toppling trees. In Guatemala, five people died in Alta Verapaz, when a hillside collapsed and buried them alive in their home and another nine died in Huehuetenango.

(APWashington Post $, Yale Climate ConnectionsNew York Times $; Storm track: Washington Post $)

(Climate Signals background: Hurricanes)

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