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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.
Snapped trees, dilapidated homes and smashed cars stand out among the debris in Marsh Harbour following Hurricane Dorian. Bahamas authorities have updated the death toll to 50 with the number expected to climb, local media reports, as thousands are evacuated from the archipelago's hardest-hit islands. IMAGES
Evacuees continue to arrive in Nassau by ferry as they scramble their belongings and escape areas destroyed by Hurricane Dorian. Authorities in the Bahamas have updated the death toll to 45, with police calling for the public to register details of the many people still missing. IMAGES
Bahamians wait in line at Marsh Harbour Port as they hope to get on a ferry, which will take them to Nassau, after having lost everything in the devastating Hurricane Dorian. IMAGES
People queue at the airport in Marsh Harbour hoping to leave the Bahamas, after the archipelago was hammered by Hurricane Dorian. IMAGES
People wait to receive their loved ones at a meeting point close to the entrance of Nassau airport, where evacuees from Abaco are expected to land. IMAGES
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