Tropical Storm Felix Forms in Caribbean
- From: "Bob Brock" <bbrock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:37:36 -0400
Yeah, it's for lil stewie.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-tropical-weather,0,290319.story
ACAPULCO, Mexico - Tropical Storm Henriette dumped heavy rains in this
Pacific resort city, flooding streets and prompting officials to close more
than 1,000 schools, while Tropical Storm Felix formed Saturday in the
Caribbean.
Henriette was expected to become a hurricane by early Sunday, according to
the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. It was not expected to make
landfall.
The Mexican government issued a hurricane watch Friday from the coastal
resort of Manzanillo, in the state of Colima north of Acapulco, to Cabo
Corrientes. A tropical storm warning was in effect along Mexico's southern
coast from Acapulco to Manzanillo
At 5 a.m. EDT, the center of the storm was about 130 miles south-southeast
of Manzanillo and about 220 miles west of Acapulco, with maximum sustained
winds near 50 mph, with higher gusts. The storm was moving west-northwest at
about 12 mph, the hurricane center said.
About 4 inches of rain fell in Acapulco, ports were closed to small boats.
Waves up to 5 feet forced officials to shut down small fishing and ocean
sports. The hurricane center said up to 8 inches of rain are expected, with
possible isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches.
A small landslide came down on the highway between Acapulco and the resort
city of Zihuatanejo to the north, Federal Preventive Police officer Carlos
Ramirez Zavala said. No injuries were reported.
Officials also closed more than 1,000 schools, according to Arturo de la
Rosa Camacho, director of civil protection in Acapulco.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Felix became the sixth named storm of the 2007
Atlantic season early Saturday, forming over the Windward Islands in the
eastern Caribbean. The storm was expected to strengthen over the next 24
hours, forecasters said.
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