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Hurricane Iota batters Central America
In a record-breaking year for Atlantic hurricanes, Iota is the first to reach Category 5 status and the second destructive hurricane to hit the region this month.
Residents from two small Colombian islands in the Caribbean made a plea for help from the federal government after a Category 5 hurricane left destruction in its path. Gavino Garay reports.
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