Storm Celia should bring heavy rain to El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico - SwissInfo

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Storm Celia expected to bring heavy rain to El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico

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17. June 2022 - 21:45

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Celia is expected to bring heavy rain to El Salvador, Guatemala and southern Mexico through Sunday and could lead to flooding and landslides, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday.

Celia, formed on Friday, is a small storm and is expected to move westward away from the Pacific coast, the center predicted. Still, northward locomotion or an increase in size could prompt a warning against tropical storms in the region.

The storm is slowly moving north-northeast and was generating winds at a maximum speed of 65 km/h early Friday morning, the center said.

Authorities in El Salvador issued a "red alert" off the country's coast.

Mexico's National Water Commission said the storm is expected to cause rain in the states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Campeche, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Veracruz and Yucatán.

Celia comes as the Category 1 hurricane Blas moves toward the Pacific, threatening to flood western states such as Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Guerrero, Michoacán and Baja California, the water commission said.

(Reporting by Kylie Madry in Mexico City; additional reporting by Nelson Renteria in San Salvador)