He National Weather Service (SMN) from Mexico launched this Monday an alert for the formation of a potential tropical cyclone, which would be the first of the 2024 season in the Atlantic Ocean, and which is expected to reach the coast in the early hours of this Thursday in the state of Tamaulipas (North East).
The general coordinator of SMN, Alejandra Méndez Girónexplained at a press conference that until 3 pm (local time), the phenomenon was located over the river. Gulf of Mexico“195 kilometers north-northwest of Border, Tabasco and 235 kilometers northwest of Carmen City, Campeche“(southeast).
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He explained that it is expected that on Tuesday afternoon the Tropical Storm ‘Alberto’with winds of 63 to 118 kilometers per hour, whose center will be located approximately 295 kilometers east of the Pánuco Riverin the north of Vera Cruz.
Likewise, he warned that it is not ruled out that the meteorological phenomenon could turn into a hurricane, the first of the season.
Furthermore “wide circulation”of ‘Alberto’ will cause very heavy to intense rains occasionally in Tamaulipas, Vera Cruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan It is Quintana Rooand occasional very heavy rains in Tabasco, Saint Louis Potosi It is Nobleman.
Then, during the night of Tuesday and the early hours of Wednesday, this system is expected to change direction to the west, towards the north of Veracruz and Tamaulipas.
“It is expected to make landfall as a tropical storm during Wednesday night or Thursday morning between the counties of Soto la Marina It is San Fernandoboth in Tamaulipas“, indicated the general coordinator of SMN.
Once on land, ‘Alberto’ will lose intensity and “By Thursday afternoon, it will be located as a tropical depression or remnant low south of Nuevo León and north of San Luis Potosí” he added.
Furthermore, the phenomenon will leave intense to torrential rains, in Coahuila, New lionTamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Querétaro, NoblemanPuebla and Veracruz, which can cause landslides, floods and the rise of dams, rivers and streams.
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Méndez Girón also warned of possible waterspouts off the coasts of Tamaulipas and Veracruz, for which he appealed to maritime vessels to take extreme precautions.
Likewise, the National Civil Protection Coordinationrecommended that citizens not abandon their homes if they live in an area previously flooded or considered at risk, mainly due to unstable slopes, as well as evacuate to temporary shelters set up by the authorities.
The announcement of ‘Alberto’ comes after last season, the Hurricane Otiswill wreak havoc at the end of October 2023 in the state of Warriorbeing the strongest hurricane ever recorded to hit the eastern Pacific.
Source: Elcomercio
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