Storm Julia turns into hurricane, heads for Nicaragua 09.10.2022

Deutsche Welle | Oct 9, 2022 at 2:00 AM
  • Tropical storm Julia strengthened into a hurricane late Saturday as it approached the eastern coast of Central America.
  • It passed the Colombian island San Andres and was moving toward the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour).
  • Julia is classified as a Category 1 storm, on the low side of the five-tier Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.