Mexico on alert as Hurricane Beryl advances, which could impact the Yucatan Peninsula

Hurricane Beryl, considered “extremely dangerous,” has Mexican authorities on alert because could impact the Yucatan Peninsula.

“At dawn today, #Hurricane #Beryl intensified again to Category 4 on the #SaffirSimpson scale. For now, it has no impact on #Mexico, but it remains on track toward the #YucatanPeninsula,” said Mexico’s National Meteorological Service (SMN).

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador assured that permanent surveillance is maintained in view of the advance of Hurricane Beryl through the Caribbean Sea, which could impact Cancun, Quintana Roo.

“We are monitoring the entire trajectory. According to forecasts, it will arrive by Thursday or Friday. If it does not change direction and we still do not know its strength, we are talking about a category 3… We hope (that there is no damage) and we are going to prevent it in any case,” said the president during his tour of southeastern Mexico.

According to the agency dependent on the National Water Commission, this category 4 hurricane It was located during the morning of this Monday 55 kilometers northeast of Granada Island and 2,880 kilometers east-southeast of Cancun, Mexicowith a displacement of 31 kilometers per hour.

“It is expected that during the next few days it will move along the Caribbean Sea and will approach the Yucatan Peninsula between Thursday and Friday. We expect the cloud bands to begin to have an impact starting on Thursday. We expect heavy rains in Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo starting Thursday and conditions that will continue throughout Friday. To maintain its current trajectory and speed of travel It could impact the coast of Quintana Roo during the night of Thursday or early hours of Friday with an impact as a category one hurricane. “between central and southern Quintana Roo,” said Jesus Carachure, a meteorologist with the SMN, in an interview with MVS radio.

The eye of Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Carriacou Island in the Caribbean on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.

“The eye of #Beryl made landfall on Carriacou Island at 11:10 AM AST. “Data from @53rdWRS indicate that Beryl’s maximum sustained winds have increased to 150 mph,” the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Beryl, the first hurricane in the Atlantic basin and the earliest Category 4 storm recorded in the area, moving at 31 kilometers per hour west.

Three tropical storms have formed so far in the Atlantic basin hurricane season, which began on June 1: Alberto, Beryl and Chris.

This year, the Atlantic will have a well-above-average hurricane season, with the possibility of up to 13 hurricanes, of which up to seven could be major, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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