(posted March 27, 7:00 a.m.)- The first rain of the year came with a fury in northern departments of Madriz and Nueva Segovia, where at least 40 homes were damaged due to rain, high winds and hail, according to Nicaraguan...

A study of countries that have suffered the most from extreme weather events over the past 20 years ranks Nicaragua third in the world for vulnerability to climate change, behind Honduras and Myanmar, according to the 2013 Germanwatch Global Climate...

(posted June 13, 2:30 p.m.)- A low-pressure system 390 miles southwest of the Gulf of Fonseca has a 60% chance of developing into a tropical cyclone off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua within the next 48 hours, according to the...

(posted April 4, 7:00 a.m.)- Unseasonable rains, strong winds and even a brief hailstorm surprised Nicaraguans living in León, Chinandega and Estelí yesterday afternoon, according to local media reports. The unexpected weather during a week that’s usually among the driest...

GRANADA—One or two freak showers at the beginning of the dry season is normal. Three or four unseasonable rains in late December is curious. But repeated cloudbursts at the end of January—nearly three months after the rainy season has supposedly...

The 27 people lost at sea Sunday during a navy evacuation of the Miskito Cays were found alive Tuesday morning by the fishing boat Sun Ha, according to the Nicaraguan Navy. The captain of the fishing boat reportedly found the...

The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) announced today that all the ballots for the Nov. 6 general elections have been printed and are now being packed for delivery to 12,960 voting stations across the country. “We are ready, logistically speaking, for...

Tourists are prohibited from climbing Ometepe's Concepcion Volcano until the rainy season has ended, according to an Oct. 17 decision by Civil Defense authorities.

  Nicaragua’s Armed Forces were deployed Saturday to evacuate 48 families from flooded communities in the municipality of San Francisco Libre, north of Managua. A total of 179 men, women and children were evacuated by helicopters and boats from seven...