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Photos: Tropical storm Eta reaches Florida after hitting Central America
Cities in South Florida mopped up after Tropical Storm Eta flooded some urban areas with a deluge that swamped entire neighbourhoods and filled homes with rising water that did not drain for hours on November 9. Nearly a week after Eta crashed ashore in Nicaragua, authorities from Panama to Guatemala have reported more than 100 dead and an even higher number of missing. Extensive flooding and landslides have affected hundreds of thousands of people in countries already struggling with the economic fallout of the pandemic.
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A damaged taxi is seen in floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Eta in a street in Miami, Florida on November 9. A deluge of rain from Tropical Storm Eta caused flooding across South Florida’s most densely populated urban areas on November 9, stranding cars, flooding businesses, and swamping entire neighbourhoods with fast-rising water that had no place to drain. (Marco Bello / REUTERS)
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A woman tries to clear mud from the front of her house in Planeta, in the Honduran department of Cortes, on November 9 after the passage of Hurricane Eta, now downgraded to Tropical Storm. At least 200 people are dead or missing after Eta ripped through Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras, causing flooding and landslides, AFP reported. (Orlando Sierra / AFP)
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Rain bands from Tropical Storm Eta drench Fort Lauderdale, Florida on November 8. Eta’s centre hit the tip of Florida late November 8 as it blew over the middle of the chain of small islands that form the Florida Keys. It was moving into the Gulf of Mexico on November 9. Forecasters told AP that Eta could re-intensify into a minimal hurricane as it slowly moves up the southwestern Gulf Coast. (Joe Cavaretta / South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)
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A photographer takes pictures as the sea pounds against Havana's seawall, the Malecon, on November 9 after the passage of Tropical Storm Eta. A tropical storm is considered a hurricane when it hits wind speeds of around 120 kilometers per hour. (Yamil Lage / AFP)
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US Army soldiers escort civilians and military members to load emergency supplies on a helicopter for delivery to people isolated by Hurricane Eta's effects at Choloma, Honduras on November 8 . Eta slammed into Central America last week as a Category 4 hurricane and left swathes of the country under water. Two major rivers overflowed in Honduras’ Sula Valley economic heartland, trapping tens of thousands of people. (Staff Sgt.Elijaih Tiggs / U.S. Air Force via REUTERS)
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Soldiers remove debris and mud from an area hit by a mudslide caused by Storm Eta, as the search for victims continue in the buried village of Queja, Guatemala on November 7. Days after the landslide buried half the community of Queja, rescuers have recovered only a handful of the more than 100 people believed to be buried there. (Esteban Bilba / EFE / Pool via REUTERS)
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Relatives bury members of a family affected by the floods in Mukem, Mexico on November 9. Rains had threatened to overtop a dam in Tabasco over the weekend. Floods in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Tabasco have forced about 9,000 people to evacuate and left 150,000 affected by the flooding, either because of damage to homes or crops or to displacement. (Isabel Mateos / AP)
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Women carry a cake in Havana on November 9 after the passage of Tropical Storm Eta. Flash and urban flooding are still possible for the Bahamas and the remainder of southern and eastern Florida over the next few days with south Florida and western Cuba also at risk, according to the US National Hurricane Centre. (Yamil Lage / AFP)
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