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Now Category 5 Hurricane, Iota Threatens Catastrophe in Central America, Fuel Shortages Hamper Evacuation (Update2)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Iota exploded into a catastrophic Category 5 hurricane on Monday and bore down on a remote Central American coastal region already reeling from another major storm, with efforts to evacuate villagers hampered by shortages of fuel for boats.

Iota was due to collide with northeastern Nicaragua overnight and was packing maximum sustained winds of 160 miles (260 km) per hour, reaching category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the U.S . . .

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