Iota is the biggest storm of the the Atlantic season and only the second ever recorded to reach Cat 5 in November - the last one being in 1932.

Nicaragua is in the firing line - having been hit by Eta a couple of weeks ago - a lesser storm in wind speed but a huge rain event that resulted in 200 dead in the country. God knows how they'll cope with this one.

Man, this has been a helluva hurricane season, breaking all kinds of records.