On Monday, some areas in those two countries could expect between five to 10 inches (13 – 25 centimetres) of rain, with isolated locations receiving up to 15 in (38 cm) of rain, NHC cautioned.
Western Honduras and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico could expect up to 10 in (25 cm) of rain today and tomorrow, and flash flooding is possible across the isthmus through Tuesday, NHC said.
Parts of Nicaragua will have gotten up to 15 in (38 cm) of rain by the time the weather completely clears.
Julia was the fifth hurricane and tenth named storm of what has become an active hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean.
People ride a motorbike through flooded streets in Bluefields, Nicaragua on Sunday (AFP via Getty Images)
While summertime was uncharacteristically quiet when it came to tropical storm systems, September and October have been very busy as massively destructive storms like Hurricane Fiona and Hurricane Ian made landfall.
Hurricane Ian, which made landfall in Florida late last month as a near-Category 5 storm, was especially deadly, leaving at least 120 people dead in Florida — the deadliest hurricane in the state for nearly a century.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) had forecast an “above-normal” season for hurricane activity this year, with 14-20 named storms and up to 10 hurricanes, including three to six hurricanes at Category 3 or stronger.
Debris from damaged homes on San Andres, a Colombian island in the southwest Caribbean (AP)
Hurricane season starts in June and lasts through November, usually peaking in mid-September.
While hurricanes may not be getting more frequent, climate scientists do expect them to become much stronger as the climate crisis grows.
Warmer ocean surface temperatures can quickly power up a storm into a massive and dangerous cyclone, much like what happened with Hurricane Ian as it moved over the very warm waters of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
A United Nations climate science panel has found that the percentage of storms reaching Category 3 or higher has been increasing over the past four decades.
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