Julia became a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km / h) as it passed near San Andrés and the Providencia Islands, indicates the bulletin of the Observatory of Natural Phenomena (Ofena), published this afternoon. Saturday, October eight.
“We have it located 135 kilometers from the coast of Nicaragua, which is approaching, already having generations of gangs on our territory. It is expected that it will be entering as a category number 1 hurricane in the Bluefields area towards the south,” reported agrometeorologist Agustín Moreira, in the report issued around 5:30 in the afternoon, Nicaragua time.
“It continues to circulate in the form of a quite dangerous hurricane over our territory (…) that will be arriving at night. It is expected that between 12 at night he will be entering », he reported.
The expert recommended having a lot of concern in Bluefields, where heavy rains are forecast starting at three in the morning on Sunday. “By 6:00 in the morning it continues to enter and affect Muelle de los Bueyes, Nueva Guinea, Puerto Morrito, San Carlos and continues to move over the territory.”
Around 9:00 in the morning it is forecast to circulate over El Ayote, Juigalpa, Muelle de los Bueyes, Puerto Morrito. Starting at 1:00 in the afternoon, rains are expected in Rivas, Managua, Masaya, Granada, Boaco, Juigalpa and moving towards the northwest.
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At 4:00 in the afternoon, Hurricane Julia will be affecting the departments of León, Chinandega, part of the Pacific coast of Nicaragua with rain and electrical storms, and rainfall will continue in Juigalpa and Chontales.
As night falls, around 10 o’clock, the hurricane will generate more rain in Matagalpa, Estelí, Madriz and Nueva Segovia.
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Rainfall will decrease on Monday, October 10, in the Pacific of Nicaragua when the phenomenon arrives in El Salvador.
“You have to be very careful, possible floods. From today in the afternoon we will have the possibility of rain with an electrical storm and we must be very careful, “recommended Ofena.
