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Local residents wade down flooded streets in La Lima municipality, northern Honduras. Homes and businesses are left entirely or partially submerged in the flooding caused by the overflow of the Chamelecon river after the passage of Hurricane Iota. IMAGES
Managua, Nov 24 (EFE).- The Government of Nicaragua estimated Tuesday $742 million worth of damage caused by hurricanes Eta and Iota, which hit the Caribbean coast with category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.The damage caused by both hurricanes are considered 5.93 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). (Camera: RENEE LUCIA RAMOS).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE NICARAGUAN RED CROSS PACK FOOD THAT WILL BE DELIVERED TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE IOTA AND ETA IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.
San Andres, Nov 19 (EFE).- El Senado mexicano aprobó legalizar la marihuana recreativa este jueves, un paso histórico para aliviar la crisis de derechos humanos y consolidar al país como potencia industrial del cannabis, aunque activistas advierten que aún es insuficiente y todavía debe superar escollos legislativos.Con 82 votos a favor, 18 en contra y siete abstenciones, el Senado avaló la creación de la Ley Federal para la Regulación del Cannabis y el Instituto Mexicano de Regulación y Control de Cannabis, además de reformas a Ley General de Salud y del Código Penal que prohíben el consumo lúdico de la marihuana. (Camera: JUAN DAVID SUAREZ). SHOT LIST: FAMILY AND FRIENDS AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF SURVIVORS OF HURRICANE IOTA WHO ARRIVE FROM PROVIDENCIA ISLAND AT THE GUSTAVO ROJAS PINILLA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN SAN ANDRES, COLOMBIA.SOUND BITES: LEOVA, A SWISS TOURIST ARRIVING TO SAN ANDRÉS FROM PROVIDENCIA.
San Andrés Island (Colombia), Nov 20 (EFE) (CAMERA: Klarem Valoyes).- The devastating passage of Hurricane Iota through the Colombian archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina left thousands of people homeless waiting for help Government or evacuation to overcome the emergency.
Jamastran, Nov 18 (EFE).- What is now Tropical Depression Iota killed at least 22 people on its path through Nicaragua and Honduras, the governments of those Central American nations said Wednesday.Iota, which made landfall late Monday in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 250km/h (155 mph), pounded the same areas that were slammed two weeks ago by Eta, also a Cat 4. (Camera: URIEL GUDIEL). SHOT LIST: DESTRUCTIONS AND RAIN-SWOLLEN RIVER AND STREAM CAUSED BY HURRICANE IOTA, IN MATAZANO AND REDONDO DEL AGUILA, HONDURAS.
Jamastran, Nov 18 (EFE).- What is now Tropical Depression Iota killed at least 22 people on its path through Nicaragua and Honduras, the governments of those Central American nations said Wednesday.Iota, which made landfall late Monday in Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 250km/h (155 mph), pounded the same areas that were slammed two weeks ago by Eta, also a Cat 4. (Camera: URIEL GUDIEL). SHOT LIST: DESTRUCTIONS AND RAIN-SWOLLEN RIVER AND STREAM CAUSED BY HURRICANE IOTA, IN MATAZANO AND REDONDO DEL AGUILA, HONDURAS.