ORLANDO, Fla. — South Florida is in Hurricane Eta's cone of uncertainty as the storm batters Nicaragua's coast with heavy rain and 140 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center said in its 4 p.m. EST update.
The storm is expected to weaken significantly as it travels through Central America before taking a turn to the northeast and back out to the Caribbean Sea later this week. It's then expected to pass over Cuba and approach South Florida on Sunday as a tropical storm. However there is "significant uncertainty" among the models about where Eta will go after leaving Central America so it's still too early to say what impact, if any, the storm will have on Florida, forecasters said.
The heart of powerful storm moved ashore in Nicaragua Tuesday with devastating winds and rains that had already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow, the NHC said.
