Hurricane Katia strengthens on slow path to Mexican coast

Record ID: 909701

  • Title: Hurricane Katia strengthens on slow path to Mexican coast
  • Date: 9th September 2017
  • Summary: NAUTLA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO (SEPTEMBER 08, 2017) (REUTERS) GENERAL VIEW OF COASTLINE LOCALS WALK PAST CLOSED SHOP WITH SANDBAGS OUT FRONT SANDBAGS STACKED OUTSIDE CLOSED SHOP TAPE OVER WINDOWS GENERAL VIEW OF RESIDENTIAL HOME VIEW FROM WINDOW THAT IS TAPED UP RESIDENTS WALKING IN WET CONDITIONS SAN RAFAEL, VERACRUZ, MEXICO (SEPTEMBER 08, 2017) (REUTERS) ELDERLY WOMAN SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR AT EMERGENCY SHELTER / MATTRESSES STACKED UP NEAR WOMAN WOMAN LYING NEXT TO SLEEPING BABY ON MATTRESS AT SHELTER FEET OF PERSON AT SHELTER WHO IS WEARING SANDALS ELDERLY MAN EATING AT SHELTER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) LOCAL RESIDENT AT SHELTER, LEONARDO HERNANDEZ, SAYING: "(I'm here) at the shelter for a lot of reasons, there's a doctor, whatever you need, there are soldiers here as well. I'm here with my mum and she's old." ELDERLY WOMAN LYING ON MATTRESS AT SHELTER CHILDREN AT SHELTER DIRECTOR FOR CIVIL PROTECTION AT SAN RAFAEL SPEAKING TO RESIDENT AT SHELTER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR FOR CIVIL PROTECTION AT SAN RAFAEL, LUIS ANGEL CORTEZ, SAYING: "We have gone out on megaphones announcing for people to come to shelters early and not to stay in their homes." BANNER AT LOCAL SHELTER FROM ARMY SOLDIERS ON DUTY IN LOCAL AREA TO INFORM RESIDENTS SOLDIERS ON DUTY ON STREET PATCH ON SOLDIER'S UNIFORM SOLDIERS AT SHELTER NAUTLA, VERACRUZ, MEXICO (SEPTEMBER 08, 2017) (REUTERS) COASTAL AREA
  • Embargoed: 23rd September 2017 02:19
  • Keywords: residents Hurricane Katia wind shelters emergency Veracruz evacuation rain Mexico
  • Location: NAUTLA AND SAN RAFAEL, VERACRUZ STATE, MEXICO
  • City: NAUTLA AND SAN RAFAEL, VERACRUZ STATE, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016XVHKCN
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Hurricane Katia strengthened as it moved slowly towards the Mexican Gulf coast on Friday (September 08) and was expected to pick up speed before approaching land in Veracruz early on Saturday (September 09), the U.S. National Hurricane Centre (NHC) reported.
    By mid-morning on Friday (September 8), Katia was 160 miles (255 km) east of the port of Tampico, with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (155 km per hour), making the storm a Category 2 hurricane. The NHC said it could be close to major hurricane strength by this weekend, when it is forecast to hit land.
    State officials in Mexico have told residents that Katia could cause landslides and flooding, and urged people living below hills and slopes to be prepared to evacuate. As it very slow-moving, it has the potential to dump high amounts of rain on areas that have already been saturated in recent weeks, authorities reported.
    There are now three hurricanes in the Atlantic. Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms in a century, spread devastation in Saint Martin, where it killed eight people, and Barbuda in the Caribbean as it took aim at Florida. Irma has now been downgraded to a Category 4 storm. Hurricane Jose is in the open Atlantic, some 415 miles (670 km) east of the Caribbean's Lesser Antilles islands.
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