hurricane ida
FORT MYERS: Tropical Depression Eleven formed this morning in the extreme Southwest Caribbean, off the coast of Nicaragua and an Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft quickly confirmed that Tropical Storm Ida has formed. [1]
At 10:00am, the center of Hurricane Ida was located about 75 miles north of Bluefields, Nicaragua and about 65 miles south-southwest of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. [2]
MANAGUA, Nicaragua ‘ Hurricane Ida uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and forced the evacuation of 300 people on Nicaragua’s Corn Island after forming Wednesday and quickly gaining strength in the southwestern Caribbean. [3]
Several of the computer forecast models indicate the system will spend the time period from tonight to as late as Sunday over land in Central America. [1]
Ida, the ninth tropical storm of the 2009 hurricane season, formed Wednesday afternoon off the coast of Central America, weather officials said. [4]
A reminder that hurricane season 2009 is not dead yet: Tropical Storm Ida formed Tuesday in the Southwestern Caribbean and was expected to dump up to 25 inches of rain over Nicaragua and Honduras, conditions that could produce deadly flooding and mudslides. [5]
The government of Nicaragua has discontinued the tropical storm warning from south of Bluefields to the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border. [2]
The center of Ida is forecasted to move accross Eastern Nicaragua and Eastern Honduras in the following two days. [6]
MIAMI — Ida strengthened into a hurricane Thursday morning and moved inland over east-central Nicaragua. [2]
A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch remains in effect from north of Puerto Cabezas to the Honduras-Nicaragua border. [7]
Much of the island had lost and phone service, said Lt. Col. Reinaldo Carrion, the civil defense chief in Bluefields, the city nearest to the island. [...] “There is a lot of rain, a lot of wind and some trees are coming down, but it’s not a catastrophe,” Bos told AP by cellular phone. [3]
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The slow-moving storm could bring serious flooding to the mountains of Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. [4]
On the forecast track, the center of Ida will move across eastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras during the next couple of days. [2]
Sources:
[1] TS Ida: In-depth analysis
[2] Tropical Storm Ida Forms In Caribbean Sea
[3] Tropical Storm Ida heads for Central America
[4] Tropical depression forms in Caribbean, expected to become …
[5] Soggy Tropical Storm Ida aims for Nicaragua
[6] Tropical Storm Ida Forms In The Atlantic
[7] Tropical Storm Ida - AccuWeather.com Hurricane Center
[8] Hurricane Advisories - Eye on the Tropics 2009