What can we learn from Nicaragua’s new, preventative approach to storms?

Feb 24, 2021

Residents remove debris from their houses destroyed by the passing of Hurricane Iota, in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua November 18, 2020.

For the first time in history, two hurricanes of category 4 or above made landfall in Nicaragua and Honduras within two weeks. Image: REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas

Cecilia Martínez Gómez

Communications Consultant, World Bank Blogs

Anna Wellenstein

Director for Sustainable Development, Latin America and Caribbean Region at World Bank Group

Haris Sanahuja

Senior Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank

Mirtha Escobar

Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank

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