Nicaraguans are bracing for the storm’s arrival overnight on their Caribbean coast
Hurricane Julia swept by just south of Colombia’s San Andres island Saturday evening soon after strengthening from a tropical storm, as Nicaraguans rushed to prepare for the storm’s arrival overnight on their Caribbean coast.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro had declared a “maximum alert” on San Andres as well as Providencia islands to the north and asked hotels to prepare space to shelter the vulnerable population. Officials on San Andres imposed a curfew for residents at 6 a.m. Saturday to limit people in the streets. Air operations to the islands were suspended.
Forecasters said a greater threat than Julia’s winds were rains of 5 to 10 inches – up to 15 inches in isolated areas – that the storm was expected to dump across Central America.
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