FAST FACTS 7 AM CDT
LOCATION: 14.2 N…76.9 W…OR 425 MILES EAST OF THE HONDURAS/NICARAGUAN BORDER
MOVEMENT: W-21 MPH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 165 MPH
CENTRAL PRESSURE: 937 MB
Two of the deadliest hurricanes in history have targeted Honduras and Nicaragua. Fifi in 1974 killed 8,000 people to rank number four on the all time list of deadliest Atlantic hurricanes. Mitch in 1998 killed 11,000 plus people in Honduras and Nicaragua, ranking it second all time, only surpassed by the Great Hurricane of 1780 that killed 22,000 in the Caribbean.
Felix will impact the coast of Nicaragua/Honduras tomorrow, then Guatemala and eventually Belize. A list of hurricane watches and warnings are in effect.
A potentially catastrophic disaster is shaping up for parts of Central America.
The intensification of Felix levelled off this morning, but infrared satellite photogrpahs seem to indicate that the cloud tops around the center are beginning to cool again and more intensification is likely again today in the low shear, high oceanic heat content environment of the Caribbean. Fluctuations in intensity are normal in powerful hurricanes like Felix.
