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Omaha Steve

(99,059 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 04:37 PM Jun 2020

Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall on Mexico Gulf coast

Source: AP

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Campeche Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on the already soaked region, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The storm had sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph) and was expected to turn north later in the week, cross the Gulf of Mexico and eventually threaten the United States.

But until then, forecasters expect Cristobal to meander along Mexico’s Gulf coast, causing severe flooding. The Hurricane Center said it made landfall Wednesday morning near Atasta, just west of the major oil production town of Ciudad del Carmen.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was in Campeche’s capital Wednesday as part of his weeklong tour promoting a train project. He was about 145 miles (235 kilometers) from where the storm made landfall.



Rain clouds hover over mountains during tropical storm Amanda in Barberena, eastern Guatemala, Sunday, May 31, 2020. The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific season drenched parts of Central America on Sunday and officials in El Salvador said at least seven people had died in flooding. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)


Read more: https://apnews.com/3032981bcdc83f606409ed4894296896

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Tropical Storm Cristobal makes landfall on Mexico Gulf coast (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2020 OP
next tropical storm should begin with the letter "D"... tnbadger Jun 2020 #1
But it'll still be Dolly. Igel Jun 2020 #3
Nothing like a vulture picture LeftInTX Jun 2020 #2
It's not over, next it's headed north into the gulf, New Orleans? Baclava Jun 2020 #4
 

tnbadger

(26 posts)
1. next tropical storm should begin with the letter "D"...
Wed Jun 3, 2020, 05:01 PM
Jun 2020

Crystobal was a great & unique name for a tropical storm beginning with the letter "c".... would like to nominate the name "Donlardo" for the next storm....
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