Beta Causes Damage in Flooding in Nicaragua

Posted on November 1, 2005

Hurricane Beta made landfall on the central coast of Nicaragua as a Cat 2 over the weekend and caused significant damage according to an article in the Edmonton Sun.

The record 13th hurricane of this year's Atlantic storm season made landfall Sunday on Nicaragua's central coast, about 320 kilometres northeast of Managua, as a Category 2 hurricane before quickly weakening to a tropical storm and eventually becoming a tropical depression before beginning to dissipate.

Col. Mario Perez Cassar, Nicaragua's civil defence chief, said 80% of the buildings on the central coast were heavily damaged or destroyed.

There are no other tropical systems in the Atlantic basin being monitored by the National Hurricane Center but they are keeping their eye on a tropical wave located south of Hispanola. The Caribbean waters are still warm enough to sustain a tropical storm. The official end of the hurricane season is November 30th.

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