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Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas; Rains will affect northern Mexico

  • August 22, 2023
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tropical Storm Harold, formed in Gulf of Mexico Monday night, Tuesday reached the shore at father island, V Texas, with a maximum sustained wind speed of 85 kilometers

Storm Harold makes landfall in Texas;  Rains will affect northern Mexico

tropical Storm Harold, formed in Gulf of Mexico Monday night, Tuesday reached the shore at father island, V Texas, with a maximum sustained wind speed of 85 kilometers per hour (km/h), reported National Hurricane Center (NHC for its abbreviation in English) USA.

Heavy rain and strong winds are expected in the area over the next few hours, but Harold’s weakening will become sustained as it moves over Texas and northern California. Mexico and on Tuesday it will become a tropical depression.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) He urged people not to drive in the rain unless absolutely necessary and to heed the news and instructions from local officials.

According to the pages that track these outages, Harold’s wind cut power to about 1,500 customers in Texas’ south coast counties.

Some schools in the area did not reopen today due to the onset of the hurricane, while others delayed entry by two hours to avoid coincidence with the impact.

Harold is currently located 55 km north of Port Mansfield and 80 km from Corpus Christi, both in Texas.

According to the NHC, the interests of other parts of east Texas and northern Mexico should follow the adoption of this system.

Harold is moving west-northwest at about 33 km/h and is expected to maintain that direction over the mainland. Tropical storm winds extend up to 185 km.

Harold is expected to receive 2 to 4 inches of rain through early Wednesday, and up to 6 inches at some point across South Texas, with the possibility of flash flooding.

In some northern Mexican states Tamaulipas, Coahuila And New Lion On Tuesday and Wednesday, rainfall can reach between 101 and 152 mm, and there is also a risk of flash floods.

In addition, the combination of Harold’s storm surge and high tide could cause normally dry areas near the coast to be inundated by rising waters moving inland from Gulf of Mexico.

The water could be up to 36 inches high at the mouth of the river. Rio Grande before sergeant, including bays Baffin, Corpus Christi and Matagorda.

It is also possible that a tornado will hit south Texas, and there will be surf in areas of the south coast of this state.

Waiting for the storm governor from Texas Greg Abbott ordered the deployment of state emergency response resources and increased readiness of the state emergency operations center.

“I urge Texans to remain vigilant about the weather and heed the guidance of state and local officials and emergency management personnel as they work together to keep communities safe,” he said in a statement Monday night.

(According to EFE and Reuters)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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