Eerste tropische storm heeft zich gevormd in de Pacific
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Eerste tropische storm heeft zich gevormd in de Pacific
Tropical Storm Andres forms in Pacific off Mexico
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Andres has formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico, becoming the first named storm of the season in the Eastern Pacific.
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The government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch from Zihuatanejo northward to Manzanillo. The National Hurricane Center says the center of the storm as of 2 a.m. EDT Monday was about 200 miles (325 km) south of Zihuatanejo and 330 miles (530 km) south-southeast of Manzanillo.
Andres is moving slowly toward the west-northwest near 5 mph (7 kph). Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (65 kph) with higher gusts.Forecasters said the storm system could bring heavy rainfall to southwestern areas of Mexico over the next two days.
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Forecasters say Tropical Storm Andres has formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico, becoming the first named storm of the season in the Eastern Pacific.
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The government of Mexico has issued a tropical storm watch from Zihuatanejo northward to Manzanillo. The National Hurricane Center says the center of the storm as of 2 a.m. EDT Monday was about 200 miles (325 km) south of Zihuatanejo and 330 miles (530 km) south-southeast of Manzanillo.
Andres is moving slowly toward the west-northwest near 5 mph (7 kph). Maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph (65 kph) with higher gusts.Forecasters said the storm system could bring heavy rainfall to southwestern areas of Mexico over the next two days.
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Eerste tropische storm hangt voor kust van Mexico
Voor de Pacifische kust van Mexico hangt momenteel de allereerste tropische storm van dit seizoen, Andres genaamd. Het is voor het eerst in veertig jaar dat de eerste storm van het seizoen zo laat van zich laat horen. Het orkaanseizoen in de Grote Oceaan loopt gewoonlijk van half mei tot eind november, met het zwaartepunt tussen juli en september.
"Dat betekent echter niet dat het een kalm seizoen wordt", zegt Richard Pasch, een orkaanspecialist verbonden aan het National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. "We hebben nog al meegemaakt dat het seizoen traag op gang komt, maar dan in alle hevigheid losbarst. Het wordt gewoon afwachten."
Volgens voorspellingen van federale weerdeskundigen wordt het echter een min of meer normaal orkaanseizoen, met een achtiental tropische stormen, waarvan er zes tot tien kunnen uitgroeien tot een orkaan. Volgens de eerste weermodellen zal Andres het vasteland niet bereiken, maar kan de kust de komende twee dagen wel hevige regenbuien verwachten.
©Hln | Gewijzigd: 27 januari 2017, 12:55 uur, door Joyce.s
Voor de Pacifische kust van Mexico hangt momenteel de allereerste tropische storm van dit seizoen, Andres genaamd. Het is voor het eerst in veertig jaar dat de eerste storm van het seizoen zo laat van zich laat horen. Het orkaanseizoen in de Grote Oceaan loopt gewoonlijk van half mei tot eind november, met het zwaartepunt tussen juli en september.
"Dat betekent echter niet dat het een kalm seizoen wordt", zegt Richard Pasch, een orkaanspecialist verbonden aan het National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. "We hebben nog al meegemaakt dat het seizoen traag op gang komt, maar dan in alle hevigheid losbarst. Het wordt gewoon afwachten."
Volgens voorspellingen van federale weerdeskundigen wordt het echter een min of meer normaal orkaanseizoen, met een achtiental tropische stormen, waarvan er zes tot tien kunnen uitgroeien tot een orkaan. Volgens de eerste weermodellen zal Andres het vasteland niet bereiken, maar kan de kust de komende twee dagen wel hevige regenbuien verwachten.
©Hln | Gewijzigd: 27 januari 2017, 12:55 uur, door Joyce.s
Hurricane Andres forms off Mexico's Pacific coast
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Andres has gained strength to become the first hurricane of the Pacific season. The National Hurricane Center said the hurricane off the southwestern coast of Mexico packed maximum winds near 75 mph. Andres is forecast to weaken during the next day or two. The center of the storm as of 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday was about 65 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo. Andres is moving near 13 mph toward the northwest. It is forecast to track toward the west-northwest and pass very close to or over the southwestern coast of Mexico later Tuesday.
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Tropical Storm Andres flooded homes and knocked down trees along Mexico's Pacific coast, killing at least one person as it headed toward a likely hurricane-force scrape with land on Tuesday. Mexico issued a hurricane warning for the strip of coast from just south of Manzanillo to near Puerto Vallarta. To the south, the storm dumped heavy rains on Acapulco, where flooding forced about 200 people to evacuate their homes on Monday.
A fisherman drowned when choppy currents overturned his boat in a lagoon Monday in Tecpan de Galeana, between Acapulco and Zihuatanejo, a state police report said. The sun peeked through cloudy skies in Acapulco on Tuesday, but the government closed all schools. Andres sped up as it headed on a course to graze the port city of Manzanillo at hurricane strength late Tuesday, then push along shore past towns such as Barra de Navidad that are home to some American and Canadian expatriates. Rain poured down on Manzanillo, where authorities opened 14 shelters.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Andres could bring coastal storm surge as much as 3 feet (nearly 1 meter) above normal while dumping as much as 8 inches (200 millimeters) of rain in a few spots. The storm was centered about 55 miles (85 kilometers) south-southeast of Manzanillo at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT; 1700 GMT) Tuesday, and it had sustained winds near 70 mph (110 kph), with higher gusts. Tropical storm force winds extended out 70 miles (110 kilometers) from the center in some directions. It was moving toward the northwest near 12 mph (19 kph). The storm's winds were expected to build to 75 mph (120 kph), just over the minimum for a hurricane, by late Tuesday.
The forecast track showed it then weakening as it continues northwest along the coastline before veering west into the open Pacific and just south of the Los Cabos resorts at the tip of the Baja California peninsula Thursday morning. Late Sunday, Andres became the first named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season, which began May 15 and ends Nov. 30.
©AP | Gewijzigd: 24 juni 2009, 00:04 uur, door talkyr86
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Andres has gained strength to become the first hurricane of the Pacific season. The National Hurricane Center said the hurricane off the southwestern coast of Mexico packed maximum winds near 75 mph. Andres is forecast to weaken during the next day or two. The center of the storm as of 5 p.m. EDT Tuesday was about 65 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo. Andres is moving near 13 mph toward the northwest. It is forecast to track toward the west-northwest and pass very close to or over the southwestern coast of Mexico later Tuesday.
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Tropical Storm Andres flooded homes and knocked down trees along Mexico's Pacific coast, killing at least one person as it headed toward a likely hurricane-force scrape with land on Tuesday. Mexico issued a hurricane warning for the strip of coast from just south of Manzanillo to near Puerto Vallarta. To the south, the storm dumped heavy rains on Acapulco, where flooding forced about 200 people to evacuate their homes on Monday.
A fisherman drowned when choppy currents overturned his boat in a lagoon Monday in Tecpan de Galeana, between Acapulco and Zihuatanejo, a state police report said. The sun peeked through cloudy skies in Acapulco on Tuesday, but the government closed all schools. Andres sped up as it headed on a course to graze the port city of Manzanillo at hurricane strength late Tuesday, then push along shore past towns such as Barra de Navidad that are home to some American and Canadian expatriates. Rain poured down on Manzanillo, where authorities opened 14 shelters.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Andres could bring coastal storm surge as much as 3 feet (nearly 1 meter) above normal while dumping as much as 8 inches (200 millimeters) of rain in a few spots. The storm was centered about 55 miles (85 kilometers) south-southeast of Manzanillo at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT; 1700 GMT) Tuesday, and it had sustained winds near 70 mph (110 kph), with higher gusts. Tropical storm force winds extended out 70 miles (110 kilometers) from the center in some directions. It was moving toward the northwest near 12 mph (19 kph). The storm's winds were expected to build to 75 mph (120 kph), just over the minimum for a hurricane, by late Tuesday.
The forecast track showed it then weakening as it continues northwest along the coastline before veering west into the open Pacific and just south of the Los Cabos resorts at the tip of the Baja California peninsula Thursday morning. Late Sunday, Andres became the first named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season, which began May 15 and ends Nov. 30.
©AP | Gewijzigd: 24 juni 2009, 00:04 uur, door talkyr86
Hurricane Andres pounds western Mexico, one dead
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Hurricane Andres, the first cyclone of the eastern Pacific season, pounded western Mexico on Tuesday after sweeping a fisherman to his death and flooding streets in Acapulco. Andres blew into a category one hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph, coming close to Mexico's Pacific coast before easing in strength and turning northwest, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm, which was around 110 miles west of the port and resort town of Manzanillo, was downgraded back to a tropical storm.
©Reuters | Gewijzigd: 24 juni 2009, 09:17 uur, door talkyr86
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Hurricane Andres, the first cyclone of the eastern Pacific season, pounded western Mexico on Tuesday after sweeping a fisherman to his death and flooding streets in Acapulco. Andres blew into a category one hurricane with sustained winds of 75 mph, coming close to Mexico's Pacific coast before easing in strength and turning northwest, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm, which was around 110 miles west of the port and resort town of Manzanillo, was downgraded back to a tropical storm.
©Reuters | Gewijzigd: 24 juni 2009, 09:17 uur, door talkyr86
