Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall In Nicaragua, Could Affect U.S. Gulf Coast Next Week

Tasbapauni, Nicaragua (AHN) – Hurricane Ida made landfall near Tasbapauni, Nicaragua, about 60 miles north-northeast of Bluefields Thursday morning.

Ida came ashore as a Category 1 hurricane with a well-defined eye, according to satellite imagery, National Hurricane Center forecasters said.

Hurricane Ida is expected to weaken as it makes its way inland over the next few days. As AHN reported earlier, the slow-moving storm is expected to bring heavy rainfall and flash flooding to eastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras.

Ida is expected to turn northward and emerge over the northwestern Caribbean Sea in a few days, forecasters say. It will pass Cancun, Mexico early next week and Ida, or its remnants, could make landfall along the United States Gulf Coast sometime next week, but it will probably be a weaker storm, forecasters say.