Hurricane season continues until Nov. 30. Hurricane Eta's arrival in northeast Nicaragua Tuesday followed days of drenching rain as it crawled toward shore. ORLANDO, Fla. — The heart of powerful Hurricane Eta is moving ashore in Nicaragua with devastating winds and rains that have already destroyed rooftops and caused rivers to overflow. The formation of Eta tied 2005's record for most storms in a hurricane … Only three other Atlantic hurricane seasons on record have had at least 12 hurricanes, and Eta is the strongest Atlantic hurricane to occur this late in the calendar year since 2016. Eta is the 28th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and the 7th Greek alphabet storm. Path for Hurricane Eta swerves sharply eastward. Hurricane Zeta, the latest storm to strike the states, left at least six people dead in its wake when it made landfall in Louisiana in late October. The formation of Eta tied 2005's record for most storms in a hurricane … Eta is the twenty-eighth named storm of the 2020 season which ties the record for the number of named storms set in 2005. Proving to be one of the tougher storms to forecast, the now-hurricane strength Eta has at one point or another been predicted to hit anywhere between New Orleans and Tampa. **This story contains the path and predicted track of Tropical Storm Eta, according to the National Hurricane Center. Theta, the 29th, was centered Friday south … A hurricane watch has been issued for portions of the west coast of Florida as Tropical Storm Eta intensifies further. … These satellite images from NOAA show Tropical Storm Eta’s path over 40 hours. Eta was the 28th named storm of a busy Atlantic hurricane season, tying the 2005 record for named storms. Eta is the strongest Atlantic hurricane this late in the calendar year since Otto in 2016, Klotzbach said. Tropical Storm Eta is located about 125 miles north-northeast of Managua, Nicaragua, and is moving to the west at 7 mph (11 km/h). Eta was briefly a Category 1 hurricane this morning but has weakened to a tropical storm as of Wednesday night. Tropical Storm Eta is on a path into the Florida Keys and then the Gulf of Mexico and may strengthen in the Florida Straits to a hurricane. With Eta, the 2020 hurricane season ties 2005 for most named storms in a season — 28 — and also marks the first time a storm has been named for the seventh letter in the Greek alphabet. Life-threatening flooding, strong winds and storm surge are all threats. Tropical Storm Eta canceled plans all over Tampa Bay Wednesday after briefly strengthening to a hurricane. Weather Underground provides tracking maps, 5-day forecasts, computer models, satellite imagery and detailed storm statistics for tracking and forecasting Hurricane Eta Tracker. Forecasters are predicting that a new storm, Hurricane Theta, may travel the same path as Eta towards Central America with potentially similar impacts. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Just as the remnants of Eta finally blew out to sea on Friday, another storm formed that could follow its path of death and destruction into Central America this weekend. Hurricane Eta dropped as much as a meter of rain in some areas. It is the 12th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season. ... Hurricane – wind speed between 74 MPH and 110 MPH M: Major Hurricane ... while the stippled area depicts the uncertainty on days 4-5. Eta is expected to strike Central America as a hurricane early this week. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. Eta made landfall early Thursday morning near Cedar Key. November 9, 2020 - Tropical Storm Eta is forecast to restrengthen into a hurricane as it moves back over the Gulf of Mexico after slamming the Florida Keys and Cuba. The expected path of Eta recalls Hurricane Mitch, from 1998, which killed more than 11,000 people, mostly in Honduras and Nicaragua. Eta was upgraded to a Category 4 hurricane Monday. As of 4 a.m. Tropical Storm Eta is finally moving away from Florida after dumping rain on much of the state and leaving at least one person dead. National Hurricane Center Home Page. The storm earlier cut a deadly path through Central America. POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE ETA. Eta is the 28th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season and the 7th Greek alphabet storm. ATLANTA — Iota continues to weaken as it moves over land in Central America. by Brian Burgess | Nov 11, 2020 . The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. US coronavirus: Covid-19 hospitalizations set another daunting record at 100,667. The storm’s maximum sustained wind … There are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic at this time. Tropical Storm Eta Projected Path. Hurricane Eta has dropped down to a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, but it's bringing catastrophic wind damage as Eta's … Its slow, meandering path north through Honduras pushed rivers over their banks. As of the 4pm advisory Tuesday, it was a tropical storm with winds at 60mph. ... “By 1 November, the information about the strength and path of Hurricane Eta was already known,” said Moreno. The storm now appears headed for landfall in west Florida by Thursday. Slow-moving Eta, which has rapidly intensified into a Category 4 hurricane, is expected to bring life-threatening storm surge and strong winds to Nicaragua and Honduras early Tuesday. South Florida in Hurricane Eta's path, NHC says 11/3/2020. Eta regained hurricane strength on Wednesday morning as Florida braced for a second hit from the storm.. 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