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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | June 2008 
Storm Drenches Mexico’s Yucatan
 Reuters
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Mexico City - Tropical storm Arthur, the first of the year in the Atlantic and the second in the Americas, drenched Mexico’s Yucatan with heavy rains yesterday, threatening flash floods on the low-lying peninsula.
Arthur, which had been forecast to move into the Gulf of Mexico early yesterday where there are many oil installations, was still overland and now expected to remain onshore and weaken to a tropical depression in coming hours.
Packing sustained winds of nearly 40mph (65kph), Arthur dumped rain on southern parts of Yucatan as well as neighbouring Belize and Guatemala, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. Up to 10 inches (25cm) of rain are expected.
“Heavy rains and flash floods continue to be the primary threat from Arthur,” the centre said.
Arthur could also produce isolated rains of up to 15 inches (38cm) over the Yucatan, which has some sugar production.
“These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mudslides, especially in mountainous terrain,” the centre said.
Mexico’s National Weather Service also warned of possible mudslides and dangerous sea swells in the southern states of Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Chiapas and Tabasco.
Arthur, which formed a day before the official June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season, was centred 115 miles (185km) south of the colonial port of Campeche and moving west at 7mph (11kph).
“This motion is expected to continue for the next day or two. On this track the centre of Arthur would remain over land. Arthur is expected to weaken to a depression later today,” the US centre said.
Another tropical storm, Alma, which formed in the Pacific, broke up on Friday over Central America’s mountains after slamming into Nicaragua’s Pacific coast, killing three people. |
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