Haiti, under another threat: after the earthquake and storms Fred and Grace, a depression in the Atlantic is added

Another possible cyclone was added this Monday in the Atlantic basin to take the storm Fred, which threatens the Panhandle, the extreme northwest of Florida (USA), and the tropical depression Grace, which approaches the Dominican Republic and Haiti, most recently hit on Saturday by a powerful earthquake.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in the United States has reported that Flash floods and landslides are likely to occur today in the Dominican Republic and Haiti due to Grace, who at 8 a.m. (12 p.m. GMT) was 200 kilometers east of the Haitian capital, Port- au-Prince.

Last Saturday, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake, followed by a 5.2 aftershock, rocked southwest Haiti and, according to provisional figures, left nearly 1,300 dead and extensive property damage.

AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, GRACE

According to the NHC, Grace has maximum sustained winds of 35 miles per hour (55 km / h) and is moving west at 15 miles per hour (24 km / h).

A tropical storm watch is in effect for the entire coast of the Dominican Republic, the entire coast of Haiti and Jamaica, and in Cuba and the Cayman Islands, Grace’s progress should be monitored, according to the Miami-based center. .

On the planned trajectory, the Grace center will pass today near the south coast of Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic) then on Jamaica, Cuba and the Cayman Islands on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Little change in intensity is expected for about the next day, but slow strengthening should begin on Tuesday.

The dangers to the land are winds, rain with risk of flooding and landslide and storm surge.

As for Tropical Storm Fred, which is expected to make landfall today at some point on the northwest coast of Florida (United States), the NHC said it is moving north across the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to produce heavy rains and a dangerous storm surge. all day also in Alabama and Mississippi.

THREATS ALSO IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE ATLANTIC

The storm is located 160 miles (255 km) south of Panama City and about 140 miles (220 km) south of Apalachicola, towns on the northern part of Florida’s Gulf Coast.

Gifts maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour (85 km / h) and there is a risk of producing a potentially fatal storm surge within the next 36 hours in an area of ​​the Gulf Coast.

On track, Fred’s center should cross the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and make landfall in West Florida in the late or early evening.

Some strengthening of the winds is expected, now extending under the force of a tropical storm up to 90 miles (150 km) from its center, before touching down and weakening rapidly thereafter.

Fred’s rains will affect not only Florida, but southeast Alabama, western and northern Georgia, and western Carolinas, and as of Wednesday the US states on the central Atlantic coast. .

Finally, Tropical Depression Eight, which could become Tropical Storm Henry today, is located about 120 miles (190 km) east-southeast of Bermuda and is moving at 9 miles per hour (15 km / h) heading south with sustained winds of 35 miles per hour (55 km / h).

For now, Bermuda is the only territory that can feel the wind and rain of this new system.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts the current Atlantic hurricane season will be above average in activity.

This year, seven named tropical storms have formed so far and only Elsa, formed in early July, has so far become a hurricane.

(with information from the EFE)

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