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Heavy rains cut access to 25 communities 3 states affected by heavy rainfall, and there's more coming
Heavy rains cut access to 25 communities
3 states affected by heavy rainfall, and there's more coming
Mexico News Daily | Monday, October 19, 2015
Heavy rains are wreaking havoc in Veracruz, Quintana Roo and Chiapas, where communities have been cut off and some families evacuated due to damage caused by flooding and mudslides.
About 62 people have taken refuge in shelters as at least five rivers are threatening to overflow.Mudslides have cut off access to 25 municipalities in Veracruz and left damages in 19 others, according to the state’s Civil Protection office. The Amozoc-Nautla highway has been closed in Atzalan.
One man is dead after being swept away by a river near Santiago Tuxtla after he attempted to save another man, reportedly inebriated, who had fallen in the water. The latter individual was saved.
Governor Javier Duarte said on Twitter all schools at all levels have been closed.
Twenty-five families in the Chiapas municipality of Ixhuatán were evacuated after their homes were damaged by a mudslide, while 10 people had to leave their homes in Reforma because of flooding.
Twenty-three municipalities in the north of the state have seen the heaviest of the rain.
In Quintana Roo, the mayor of Chetumal reports 400 millimeters of rain has fallen in three days, what normally would be seen over three months. Eduardo Espinosa Abuxapqui said there is widespread flooding in the city, with floodwater reaching heights of 90 centimeters.
He said the municipality has no funds for carrying out repairs and is relying on emergency and disaster funding from the federal government.
The state has declared an emergency in the municipalities of Benito Juárez, Solidaridad, Cozumel, Isla Mujeres, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Bacalar and Othón P. Blanco.
More heavy rain — from intense to torrential — is forecast for parts of Oaxaca, Puebla, Chiapas, Tabasco and Veracruz due to a low-pressure system in the Gulf of Tehuantepec.
Pichucalco-Tectuapan highway in Chiapas. Courtesy Rafael Camargo,
teleSUR English Tropical Threat Heightens Risk for Flooding and Mudslides in Mexico, Central America AccuWeather.com Many locations from southeast Mexico to Belize and Guatemala have already received more than 100 mm (4 inches) of rain including Puerto Angel, ...
Tropical Threat Heightens Risk for Flooding and Mudslides in Mexico, Central America
Many locations from southeast Mexico to Belize and Guatemala have already received more than 100 mm (4 inches) of rain including Puerto Angel, ...
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A tropical low currently drifting westward to the south of Mexico and west of Central America is expected to develop into a named tropical system in the next 24 hours.
The combination of moving over warm ocean waters and into an area of lower wind shear will allow the tropical low to further organize.
In the meantime, showers and thunderstorms will be widespread from northwest Nicaragua through western Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Belize through Tuesday.
On Wednesday the threat for flash flooding will centered from from Guatemala into southeast Mexico.
While not all areas will experience heavy rainfall, the entire region is at risk for rainfall rates 50 mm (2 inches) or greater per hour at times resulting in an elevated risk for flash flooding.
San Jose, Guatemala reported more than 375 mm (15 inches) of rain since Sunday. Many locations from southeast Mexico to Belize and Guatemala have already received more than 100 mm (4 inches) of rain including Puerto Angel, Coatzacoalcos, Chetumal, Tuxtla Gutierrez and Guatemala City.
As the tropical low moves west-northwest development into a tropical storm is expected and the name Patricia would be given at that time.
Heavy rain will be a serious concern near and along the southern Mexico coastline from Tapachula to Lazaro Cardenas. Downpours could reach as far north as Manzanillo by Thursday or Friday.
Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara are also at risk for flooding downpours late this week as the tropical system approaches the coast between Colola and Puerto Vallarta.
A westward track of this potential tropical system will allow rainfall to diminish from El Salvador and Honduras into Nicaragua as the week progresses.
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Central America Weather Center
Detailed Forecast for Guatemala City
AccuWeather East Pacific Hurricane Center
Central America Weather Center
Detailed Forecast for Guatemala City
AccuWeather East Pacific Hurricane Center
An eventual landfall or at the very least a surge of tropical moisture into south-central and central Mexico is expected late this week and into the weekend bringing an elevated risk for flash flooding and mudslides to the region.
While Mexico City may miss the heaviest rainfall, daily thunderstorms are possible through this weekend with downpours capable of producing localized flash flooding.
As this moisture and potential tropical system are pulled northward, the unsettled weather could help fuel the development of a tropical system in the western Gulf of Mexico and will also bring the threat for heavy rainfall and flooding to parts of Texas and the Gulf Coast.
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