MIAMI, Florida – Tropical Storm Julia strengthened into a hurricane Saturday night, while the hurricane’s center continued toward San Andres toward the coast of Nicaragua, which is why flooding and landslides are forecast in Central America and southern Mexico into next week.
According to This Sunday at 2 a.m. ET bulletin According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the system is located 45 miles south of Isla de Providencia, Colombia, and 105 miles east-northeast of Bluefields, Nicaragua.
The tornado had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and was moving west at 16 mph.
According to NHC forecasts, the storm will move west until Sunday. It will make landfall in Nicaragua after becoming a hurricane.
Notifications and monitoring are in place
Tornado warning
- To the islands of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
- From Laguna de Perlas to Puerto Cabezas in Nicaragua
Hurricane Watch
- Nicaragua From Puerto Cabezas to the Nicaragua/Honduras border
Tropical Storm Warning
- For Nicaragua, south of the Bluefields to the Nicaragua/Costa Rica border
- Passes north of Puerto to the Honduras/Nicaragua border
- The entire Pacific coast of Nicaragua
- The entire Pacific coast of Honduras
- The entire coast of El Salvador
Tropical Storm Watch
- Honduras From the Nicaragua/Honduras border to Punta Paduca
- The entire coast of El Salvador
Our meteorologist Pedro Montoro explains the formation and intensification of a hurricane step by step from the virtual lab.
