This enabled the community to respond, and no lives were lost in the community despite the severity of the material damage caused by the hurricane. Moreover, the Early Warning System developed in Nicaragua under several Action Plans in response to volcanic risk has been adopted as a model by the Civil Defence.
Des Weiteren hat der nicaruaganische Zivilschutz das Frühwarnsystem für drohende Vulkanausbrüche, das vor Ort im Rahmen mehrerer Aktionspläne entwickelt worden war, als Modell übernommen.