Hurricane Iota has made landfall on Nicaragua’s Caribbean coast, threatening catastrophic damage.
Huge waves crashed into the Colombian island of San Andrés as the storm churned through the region, lashing Nicaragua with winds of up to 155mph (250kmh).
The latest storm hit just two weeks after Hurricane Eta, which caused havoc across the same parts of Central America.
The presidents of Honduras and Guatemala have called on wealthier countries to help deal with the cost of the climate crisis