Tropical storm Grace: which states in Mexico will be affected by its passage

Expected Grace impact on ribs Quintana roo What hurricane category 1 on the night of that Wednesday or in the early hours of Thursday, August 19, reported the National Meteorological Service (SMN). It should be noted that its effects will be felt with more force in the localities of Tulum, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel and Cancun.

Thereafter, your gait will continue to affect the Yucatan State, then advance in the Gulf of Mexico, where it is expected to revert to a tropical storm. However, he will regain his strength and it is possible that enter from the center / north of Veracruz Friday night or early Saturday morning again as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane.

During this time, it will generate heavy to torrential rains with possible landslides in the northeast, eastern and central regions of Mexico, as well as very strong winds and high waves on the southern coasts of Mexico. Mexico. Tamaulipas and north of Veracruz.

Thus, the natural phenomenon Grace is expected to affect the states of Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Campeche, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Puebla, Hidalgo, Querétaro, Guanajuato and Tlaxcala.

During a press conference, Alejandra Mendez Girón, general coordinator of the SMN, announced that at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Tropical Storm Grace was located 1,095 kilometers east-southeast of the coast of Cancun, Quintana Roo, with sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour (km / h), gusts of 100 km / h and rapidly moving west at 24 km / h.

“Tropical Storm Grace will continue its rapid movement over the Caribbean SeaIts effects should begin in the afternoon of Wednesday August 28, with waves of two to three meters, off Quintana Roo. In addition, it should degenerate into a category 1 hurricane and make landfall on Wednesday evening and the first waves on Thursday.

On Thursday, it is expected to cross the Yucatan Peninsula, affecting the state of Yucatan with greater intensity. Thursday afternoon, it is expected that the hurricane weakens into a tropical storm and enters the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, where it will intensify again into a hurricane. Grace is expected to strike for the second time on the night of Friday 20 or in the early hours of Saturday 21 August, through north-central Veracruz as a Category 1 or 2 hurricane, ”the official said.

For his part, the Governor of Quintana Roo, Carlos Joaquín Gonzalez, asked the population to prepare and not to panic purchases.

Through his Twitter account, the president warned that heavy rains and winds are expected, for which “we must keep calm”. On top of that, he stressed the importance of collecting items from open spaces and ceilings, as well as checking that doors and windows are in good condition.

“Quintana Roo, it is important NOT to panic shopping, we must stay calm and prepare for heavy rains and winds, pick up items from their terraces, roofs, check the condition of their doors and windows. #JuntosSaldremosAdelante @ProtCivil_QRoo “

As preventive measures, Joaquín González announced the installation of 85 shelters across the state, of which 64 are located in the north and 21 others in the south. He also reported that the cities of Punta Herrero, Island of María Elena, Banco Chinchorro, Punta Allen and Los Chunes, because they are the places most threatened by the impact of the natural phenomenon.

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