MANAGUA – In a one-two punch, Hurricane Iota roared ashore as a dangerous Category 4 storm along almost exactly the same stretch of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast that was devastated by an equally powerful Hurricane Eta 13 days earlier.Iota had intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm during the day Monday, but the U.S.
National Hurricane Center said it weakened slightly as it neared the coast late Monday and made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 kph).
It hit the coast about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of the Nicaraguan city of Puerto Cabezas, also known as Bilwi. People hunkered down in Bilwi even before the hurricane arrived, already battered by screeching winds and torrential rains.Business owner Adán.