![]() ![]() In Bacalar, in the south of Quintana Roo state, 230 families were isolated by the rains and had to be airlifted out, David Leon, Mexico's national civil defense coordinator, said Friday. Gulf Coast by early Monday, and it said Cristobal could bring heavy rains from East Texas to Florida this weekend and into early next week. The Hurricane Center's projected track shows the storm reaching the U.S. At least 30 deaths have been attributed to the two storms and the flooding and landslides they unleashed. The two storms have combined to soak the region with as much as 35 inches (89 centimeters) of rain in some areas over the past week. It had formed this week in the Bay of Campeche from the remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda, which had formed last weekend in the eastern Pacific and hit Central America. coast late Sunday, strengthening as it goes.įriday afternoon it was centered about 535 miles (860 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River.Ī tropical storm watch was issued for the northern Gulf of Mexico coast from Intracoastal City Louisiana to the Alabama-Florida border.Ĭristobal made landfall in Mexico as a tropical storm Wednesday before weakening. It was expected to pass through the central Gulf Saturday and near the U.S. It crossed the Yucatan Peninsula Friday and re-entered the Gulf of Mexico. ![]() National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Cristobal had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) and was moving north at 13 mph (20 kph). Gulf Coast regained tropical storm force on Friday while drenching southern Mexico and Central America. MEXICO CITY - A storm that appears to be headed for the U.S. ![]()
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