Bringing winds of nearly 155 MPH iota struck the coast late on Monday, inundating village is still reeling from the impact of Hurricane ETA two weeks ago.

Iota, which hit as a Category four, was the strongest storm on record ever to hit Nicaragua.

By Tuesday night, the winds had fallen to 50 MPH as iota weakened to a tropical storm.

But authorities across Nicaragua and Honduras were still battling to cope with devastating flooding.

On Wednesday, six people in Nicaragua and three others across Central America and the Caribbean had been confirmed dead by Tuesday evening.

Nicaraguan media said a landslide had killed at least 15 other people in the north of the country.

Many more were still missing and feared lost, according to the reports.

About 100,000 Nicaraguans and Hondurans had been evacuated from their homes, authorities said.

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