Hurricane Yota has killed at least 45 people in Latin America

by YCPress November 20, 2020

November 20, 2020

Mexico City, November 19 Since Hurricane Yota made landfall in Central America, it has caused disasters in many countries, killing at least 45 people by the evening of the 19th local time.

On the same day, the Honduras Emergency Department issued an announcement that “Yota” had affected more than 570,000 people and killed 14 people in the country.

Many cities in the north of the flood were flooded. San Pedro Sula City International Airport is badly damaged and is expected to open at the end of the year after restoration.

Guatemala’s disaster reduction department said that “Yota” affected more than 190,000 people and killed five people in the country. Relevant humanitarian aid has been delivered to the victims one after another.

El Salvador’s meteorological department said that although “Yorta” gradually weakened after entering El Salvador, the possibility of landslides and mudslides in the central and northern mountains is still relatively high. One person has died in the country due to the hurricane.

According to media reports, “Yota” seriously damaged the power, water, roads, housing and other infrastructure in parts of Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia and other countries.

Some people were buried by mudslides or washed away by floods, and some remote areas have broken contact with the outside world and become “islands.” Yota has killed 21 people, 2 people and 2 people respectively in Nicaragua, Panama and Colombia.

“Yorta” landed in the port of Cabezas in northeast Nicaragua on the evening of the 16th, weakening after passing through Honduras and El Salvador.

Yota was designated as the highest Category 5 hurricane before making landfall. In early November, Hurricane ETA caused disasters in Mexico and Central American countries, killing hundreds of people.