Tropical storm Kay strikes parts of Southern California with winds of over 100 mph

Regions in Southern California faced winds of 100 mph or more. These set off alarms related to coastal flooding and mudslides. The storm system along the northern coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula could deliver heavy rains, flash flooding, strong winds and muggy conditions. The tropical storm Kay lay about 130 miles off the coast of San Diego. Meteorologists are surprised that the storm has managed to maintain much of its strength even as it moved into the chilly waters near California. Usually, tropical storms lose much of their punch s they move north. That is the opinion of a meteorologist of the National Weather Service in San Diego. Kay continued to produce strong gusts in Southern California. Forecasters indicated Kay was producing 2 to 4 inches of rain in the southernmost areas of California. Some isolated pockets received 6 to 8 inches. Tropical Storm Kay ‘keeps punching’ as it hits SoCal with 100-mph winds, intense rain. Heavy rains and winds of 100 mph struck the mountains in San Diego County. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for the northeastern some part of the county.

Singer Alicia Keys postponed her sold-out concert at San Diego State University in view of the possibilities of foul weather. However, the game between the Dodgers and Padres took off as scheduled at Petco Park. There are dangers of flash flood in the mountains of Southern California. The warnings apply to parts of the desert. Areas near the Imperial Valley were under a flash flood warning. The intense winds led to damaged power lines and uprooted trees in San Diego County. Incidentally, it was in 1997 that Southern California last felt the effects of a tropical storm. At the time, it was Tropical Storm Nora. It led to floods, disruption of power apart from traffic crashes. There was also destruction of homes in Orange County.

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Mountain communities in two Mexican states have been struck by Hurricane Earl and are recovering from weekend mudslides that has taken at least 39 lives due to the heavy rains. Simultaneously, there is newly formed Tropical Storm Javier that is churning over the Pacific toward the resort-dotted southern end of the Baja California Peninsula. In the opinion of forecasters, it could also become another hurricane.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 8 August 2016.

The casualty is at least 28 people in multiple mudslides in the mountainous north of Puebla state. 25 of them were killed in different parts of the township of Huauchinango and three died in Tlaola. Gabriel Alvarado, mayor of the township of Huauchinango has, in a statement, said that the full death toll has not yet been determined but, the torrential rain has resulted in damage affecting at least 200 people.
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Tropical Storm Earl has made landfall on the coast of Mexico's Veracruz state after gaining strength as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center has predicted that torrential rains brought by Earl could result in flash floods and mudslide on Mexico's Gulf Coast.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 6 August 2016.

Earl could bring about total rainfall of eight to 12 inches and there could be isolated maximum amounts of 18 inches in some portions of the states of Veracruz, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Puebla, Tabasco, and Campeche.
Earl had first made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane near Belize City but gradually worsened into a weak tropical storm as it passed over northern Guatemala. It had initially been forecast to weaken into a tropical depression. However, it regained strength as it passed over the Gulf of Mexico to become a second landfall on Mexico's coastline.
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