Tropical Storm Karl heads for landfall in the Bay of Campeche The rains Karl is bringing to Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Chiapas and nearby states could cause flooding and landslides.

Tropical Storm Karl heads for landfall in the Bay of Campeche   The rains Karl is bringing to Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Chiapas and nearby states could cause flooding and landslides.

A satellite image of Tropical Storm Karl. U.S. NOAA

Tropical Storm Karl heads for landfall in the Bay of Campeche

Intense rain forecasted for Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche and Chiapas

Published on Thursday, October 13, 2022

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Tropical Storm Karl is on track to make landfall in Tabasco or Veracruz late Friday or early Saturday.

The storm was 315 kilometers north-northeast of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, at 4 p.m. Central Time on Thursday and moving south-southeast at about 11 kilometers per hour, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory.

Karl, the 11th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, has maximum sustained winds of 75 km/h with higher gusts, the NHC said.

A tropical storm warning is in effect for Alvarado, Veracruz, to Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche.