Hurricane Felix has hit Nicaragua's north coast as a category five storm, the highest level, but weakened to a category two as it moved over land. Winds of 260km/h lashed coastal areas, tearing off roofs and uprooting trees and electricity lines. Thousands have fled the area, but many indigenous people are said to be stranded on the Honduran border.
Hurricane Felix has upgraded in strength to a Category 5 storm with windspeeds approaching 165 MPS. It is currently moving west through the Caribbean Sea and heading towards Honduras and Belize where it could arrive on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively, as a Category 5 Storm.
Hurricane Felix is forecast to make landfall in the Netherlands Antilles probability for CAT 1 or above is 75% currently probability for TS is 95% currently
Aruba probability for CAT 1 or above is 70% within 9 hours probability for TS is 90% within 9 hours
Venezuela probability for CAT 1 or above is 50% within 9 hours probability for TS is 85% within 9 hours
Colombia probability for CAT 1 or above is 35% within 9 hours probability for TS is 75% within 9 hours
Hurricane Felix strengthened to a Category 2 storm and shifted away from Curacao on Sunday, taking an unpredictable path that left Caribbean islands over a stretch of hundreds of miles fearful of the winds and rain to come. Felix was upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane Saturday evening, becoming the second Atlantic hurricane of the season. By early Sunday, it had sustained maximum winds of about 105 mph and threatened to become a major hurricane as the day went on, said the U.S. National Hurricane Centre in Miami, Florida. The storm was forecast to pass just north of the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba, where heavy rain was falling on the island of 100,000 people as the centre passed north. The island's airport was closed.