Category 4 Hurricane Iota slams Central American less than two weeks after Hurricane Eta hit the region. (Photo: NASA) Category 4 Hurricane Iota slams Central American less than two weeks after Hurricane Eta hit the region. (Photo: NASA)

(Bloomberg) — Powerful Hurricane Iota is lashing Central America after barreling ashore late Monday (Nov. 16) with ferocious winds and rain, threatening to trigger landslides and cripple a region already reeling from a deadly storm two weeks ago.

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