Major Hurricane Eta takes aim at Central America with 'catastrophic winds'

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is now tied for the most active in recorded history as “life-threatening” Hurricane Eta barrels toward Central America.

Eta is a major Category 4 hurricane that is churning in the waters off the coast of Nicaragua and is expected to make landfall in the area sometime on Tuesday. As of Monday afternoon, it was packing maximum sustained winds of 130 miles per hour and is moving west at 9 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.