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    Residents inspect an area full with plastic rubbish after the passing of Hurricane Iota, in Puerto Cabezas
    Residents inspect an area full with plastic rubbish after the passing of Hurricane Iota, in Puerto Cabezas
    Nicaragua hit hard

    Hurricane “Iota”: Threat of hunger and poverty

    20.11.2020 | Within a very short time Nicaragua has been hit by two devastating hurricanes. Many people in our project areas are severely affected by the consequences. In Nicaragua we are immediately switching all our activities and concentrating on emergency aid. – translated with DeepL

    20.11.2020. On Tuesday evening 10 p.m. local time “Iota” hit Nicaragua as hurricane of the highest level 5. Only two weeks after the devastating hurricane “Eta”, “Iota” has left many shelters – thousands of people are homeless.

    “Rivers have burst their banks all over the country and the food harvest has been destroyed,” reports Lucia Aguirra, head of the coordination office in Nicaragua. She last experienced the last comparable storm in 1998 with “Mitch”. “Iota” has destroyed bridges, cut off communications to communities, caused landslides and claimed human lives. At least 6,700 in our project regions have been severely affected by the hurricane. Among them are many young people and children who have lost a roof over their heads and their food supply. There is a threat of poverty, hunger and disease.

    Picture credits: Oswaldo Rivas/REUTERS

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