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Eta lashes Nicaragua coast as "extremely dangerous" Cat 4 hurricane

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Bilwi, Nov 3 (EFE).- Hurricane Eta, a powerful Category 4 storm on the 5-point Saffir-Simpson scale and considered to be "extremely dangerous," made landfall on Tuesday on Nicaragua's northeastern coast, one of the most vulnerable and impoverished parts of the country and inhabited mainly by the descendants of African slaves and Miskito Indians.Eta made landfall 35 kilometers (22 miles) south-southeast of the city of Bilwi, or Puerto Cabezas, with maximum sustained winds of 220 kph, according to the 6 pm advisory from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. (Camera: RENEE LUCIA RAMOS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE SECURE WALLS AND ROOF OF A HOUSE AMID HEAVY RAINS BROUGHT BY HURRICANE ETA, IN BILWI, NICARAGUA.

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