Mexico Cancels Hilary Storm Warnings
Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Mexico City. Mexico (AHN) - Mexican officials cancel tropical storm warnings for the country’s Pacific coast as Hurricane Hilary moves further out to sea Monday.
Hilary is located about 425 miles west of Manzanillo, Mexico, or 340 miles south of Cabo San Lucas in southern Baja California.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports she is moving northwest at about 18 mph and is not expected to make landfall.
Forecasters predict Hilary will likely gain strength before moving over cooler waters.
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Tropical Storm Jose is tenth named storm of season
According to reports from the National Hurricane Center, the tenth tropical storm of the 2005 Atlantic season, Jose, has formed in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
As of 5:15 p.m. CDT, the government of Mexico has extended tropical storm warnings southward from Veracruz to Punta el Lagarto. A tropical storm warning is now in effect for the Gulf Coast of Mexico from Punta el Lagarto northward to Cabo Rojo.
At 5:15 p.m. CDT the center of Tropical Storm Jose was located near latitude 19.6 north, longitude 95.4 west or about 60 miles east-northesast of
TUI cancels trips to Mexico due to Hurricane Wilma, 300 customers affected
TUI AG said it has cancelled all trips to Yucatan, Mexico, until Oct 25 on account of Hurricane Wilma, affecting 300 customers.
It said it will try to offer its customers alternative destinations.
The tour operator currently has around 1,000 guests in Mexico, who will be transported back to Germany as soon as weather conditions allow.
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Katrina Could be in Gulf of Mexico by Saturday
Most of southeast Florida is under a hurricane watch as Tropical Storm Katrina moves closer to the state. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami have posted tropical storm warnings and a hurricane watch from Florida City just south of Miami north to Vero Beach.
Katrina has maximum sustained winds of 40-miles per hour, but the storm is expected to grow stronger and become a minimal hurricane before it comes ashore Friday morning.
Katrina is expected to emerge over the Gulf of Mexico by Saturday morning and could re-strengthen before making
Tropical storm Jose hits Mexico, loses power
Tropical storm Jose, the 10th of the season, dumped heavy rain on eastern Mexico on Tuesday but was downgraded to a depression as it moved over the central highlands.
Mexico withdrew storm warnings along its Gulf Coast as Jose weakened after hitting the coast of Veracruz state, some distance from its main oil ports.
No deaths were reported, although emergency services feared Jose could trigger landslides in the mountains and cause lowland flooding.
"Heavy rain will increase the chance of mudslides in mountain areas, raise river levels and some floods in low-altitude zones of Veracruz and
Tropical storm Jose, the 10th of the season, dumped heavy rain on eastern Mexico on Tuesday but was downgraded to a depression as it moved over the central highlands.
Mexico withdrew storm warnings along its Gulf Coast as Jose weakened after hitting the coast of Veracruz state, some distance from its main oil ports.
Emergency services feared Jose could trigger landslides in the mountains and cause lowland flooding.
"Heavy rain will increase the chance of mudslides in mountain areas, raise river levels and some floods in low-altitude zones of Veracruz and Puebla," Mexico's civil protection agency said in a statement.
The
Gamma threatens Belize, Honduras, Mexico
Portions of Belize, Honduras and Mexico were under a tropical storm warning Saturday from Gamma, the 24th storm of the record Atlantic hurricane season.
At 8 p.m. EST, Gamma was about 245 miles east-southeast of Belize City, Belize, and about 65 miles northeast of Limon, Honduras. The storm was moving erratically toward the northeast at about 6 mph with sustained winds near 45 mph, and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said it was expected to continue moving slowly toward the north or northeast during the next 24 hours.
Forecasters said the storm was still poorly organized.
Tropical Storm Jose causes flooding, kills one in Mexico
Tropical Storm Jose weakened over the mountains of central Mexico on Tuesday, leaving flooding and at least one death in its wake.
Jose grew to tropical storm strength Monday afternoon in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, and made landfall early Tuesday northwest of Veracruz with a sustained wind speed of 50 mph (80 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
The storm dumped rain across region, triggering landslides and flooding that forced thousands to evacuate their houses. A 59-year-old man was killed in Jalapa when his home was buried by a
UPDATE 2-Risk of Ophelia entering Gulf of Mexico drops
The risk that Tropical Storm Ophelia will enter the Gulf of Mexico and threaten the U.S. oil and natural gas rigs over the next several days declined as the storm strengthened off the east coast of Florida.
Of the seven major weather models, two -- the Beta and Advection Model Medium (BAMM) and the National Hurricane Center 98 Statistical-Dynamical model (A98E) -- projected the storm, which could become a hurricane during the next 24 hours, would turn south toward Cuba and the Florida Keys.
Four models, including the NHC model, meanwhile
Tropical storm Stan hits Mexico
Tropical storm Stan washed over the Mexican Yucatan peninsula Sunday with winds of 45 mph as another tropical depression developed over the Atlantic Ocean.
At 8 a.m. EDT, the center of Stan was 75 miles south-southwest of Cozumel, moving west-northwest at 6 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reported. Rainfall ranging from 5 to 10 inches was predicted.
The system was expected to weaken to a tropical depression while over land, but could "re-strengthen to a tropical storm after emerging over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico early Monday," forecasters said.
Meanwhile, tropical depression 19 was described as
Crude Oil Is Little Changed as Hurricane Wilma Nears Mexico
Crude oil was little changed amid forecasts Hurricane Wilma, a storm with winds of up to 150 miles per hour (240 kilometers per hour), would hit Mexico's Yucatan peninsula and then swerve northeast, away from oil and gas rigs.
Forecasts show the storm will reach southern Florida during the weekend, the National Hurricane Center said on its Web site. The path of the storm is moving away from the oil and gas production areas in the Gulf of Mexico, which are recovering from damage caused by earlier Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
