hurricane hurricane caused flooding mexico august fourth named storm hurricane season developed tropical wave west southwest jamaica august initially tropical depression system strengthened tropical storm hours later headed westward intensified category hurricane late august landfall near system weakened tropical depression august later day early august emerged quickly strengthened tropical storm storm deepened upgraded hurricane midday august simultaneously peaked winds mph time struck veracruz quickly weakened tropical depression early august remained intact crossing mexico dissipated august storm brought heavy rainfall mexico peaking inches flooding destroyed large widespread flooding occurred river area overflowed banks hundreds homes destroyed displacing people large scale evacuations occurred fled homes area communications power outages reported far west mexico fourteen fatalities reported including veracruz additionally people left missing outer bands brought rainfall southern texas caused minor flooding beneficial drought conditions state meteorological history large tropical wave elongated trough low pressure emerged atlantic_ocean west coast africa august deep convection associated wave entered atlantic showers thunderstorms remained minimal days system tracked westward reaching eastern caribbean_sea deep convection redeveloped failed persist wave reached area southwest jamaica august time reconnaissance aircraft flight indicated low mid level circulation system weak classify dvorak technique center fix reconnaissance flight satellite imagery ship observing winds mph system classified tropical depression utc august situated west southwest jamaica initially poorly defined circulation depression moved west northwestward developed near mid upper level anticyclone conditions favorable intensification system tropical storm utc august convection organized storm strengthened category hurricane saffir simpson hurricane wind scale hours later utc august landfall near located northeast winds mph early following day hurricane weakened tropical storm tropical depression hours later late august emerged satellite imagery indicating convection displaced south center circulation system soon began regaining tropical storm intensity utc august early following day cyclone began turning westward utc august hurricane attained peak intensity maximum sustained winds mph minimum barometric pressure mbar inhg simultaneously hurricane landfall veracruz hours moving inland weakened tropical storm early august system deteriorated tropical depression remained intact crossing mexico emerged pacific_ocean hours later reclassified eastern pacific tropical cyclone dissipated west preparations utc august tropical storm warning issued tropical storm watch placed cuba hours later tropical storm warning effect belize mexican border august tropical storm watch discontinued cuba system moving away area utc tropical storm warning issued del hour later tropical storm warning upgraded hurricane warning utc august warnings south discontinued hours later august tropical storm warnings east discontinued shortly tropical storm warning east removed warnings mexico discontinued utc august entered august hurricane watch action veracruz areas utc hours later watch hurricane warning landfall utc august remaining warnings removed peninsula airports ports closed regularly scheduled bus routes canceled locations prepared serve shelter large scale evacuations necessary authorities ordered evacuation families dozens oil gas wells owned evacuated evacuated people oil platform farther north approximately people evacuated low lying areas flood prone locations general francisco international airport closed day august total ports closed texas officials purchased satellite generators released prisoners fear newly built jail withstand hurricane impact belize mexico inches rain fell central belize storm passed north precipitation fell flooding large areas farmland total homes destroyed damaged fishermen left missing near location storm second landfall streets fallen trees branches utility poles billboards additionally roads inundated water leaving impassable nearby people fled homes shelter flooding death occurred woman crushed tree fell house deaths occurred veracruz ship near person caught offshore landslides northern left roads impassable communities hundreds homes destroyed leaving people homeless severe damage coast northeast mexico storm caused fatalities including city place rainfall received hour period observed rain high rainfall recordings recorded received rain south storm path precipitation peaked guerrero making tropical cyclone record guerrero fatalities occurred people stepped water electrified downed power line weather related traffic accident according newspaper reports people died storm passage additional people reported missing texas far united_states managed bring heavy rain high winds southern texas weekly rainfall totals reached daily rainfall measurements august august high respectively new daily record beach island national closed high tides began flooding beaches john kennedy causeway facilities remained open tornado spawned near damaging homes later passing north inflicted impact dwellings knocked trees signs
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