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The Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June through November, had a relatively quiet start, with only three named storms before Sept. Life-threatening surf conditions were also likely along Mexico’s coastline. Flash flooding and mudslides were possible in higher terrain, the Hurricane Center warned. The storm was expected to bring up to seven inches of rain across parts of the Veracruz and Tabasco states in Mexico through Friday night. It discontinued a watch for Cabo Rojo south to Roca Partida. The government of Mexico issued a tropical storm watch for the Gulf Coast from Tuxpan to Frontera in northeastern Mexico, meaning that tropical storm conditions were possible within the area over the next 48 hours. The storm became one of the most destructive hurricanes in the state’s history. That previous Hurricane Karl killed 12 people and damaged more than half of the state’s municipalities.

The most recent hurricane to hit Veracruz was Hurricane Grace in August last year, which struck 50 municipalities in Veracruz with gusts of up to 127 miles per hour, leaving eight people dead, including a family of six in the state capital, Xalapa.Īlthough Karl is still considered a low-risk storm, the name of the impending hurricane is ominous: In 2010, a Category 3 hurricane also named Karl struck Veracruz, with maximum winds of 115 m.p.h. The Veracruz civil protection ministry has forecast very heavy rains for Wednesday with maximum wind gusts of about 46 miles per hour. The jungle region known as Los Tuxtlas would also be affected. In a news conference, the governor said that, according to the forecast from the state’s civil protection ministry, Karl will make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane, with winds of 74 to 95 miles per hour, on the coast of Alvarado municipality, about 45 miles south of the port city of Veracruz.

on Wednesday, Karl was 240 miles north-northeast of Veracruz, with maximum sustained winds of 60 m.p.h., as it moved north at 2 m.p.h., the National Hurricane Center said.