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Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
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Joe Mario Pedersen

Hurricane Iota shoots up to Category 5 storm before Central American landfall

Map of Hurricane Iota. Tribune News Service 2020

Hurricane Iota shot up to a Category 5 dangerous storm Monday morning shortly before its expected to bring catastrophic winds to Central America.

The 30th named storm of the 2020 season was about 40 miles west of Isla de Providencia, Columbia and moving at 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center's 7 a.m. update. The region is still recovering after Hurricane Eta hit earlier this month as a Category 4 hurricane.

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