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    Tropical Storm Arlene moving toward Mexico in Gulf

    VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — The first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season gained force as it headed for Mexico's central Gulf coast late Wednesday, bringing a threat of floods and mudslides.

    Tropical Storm Arlene could become a weak hurricane before hitting land north of the coastal city of Tuxpan early Thursday, said the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. Officials in the states of Veracruz, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi said they were monitoring the storm and preparing for possible flooding.

    The state oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, said it was considering whether to evacuate its oil platforms off the Veracruz coast but had made no public announcement by Wednesday night.

    Rain was falling along the coast ahead of the storm, and officials warned residents about impending winds and rain. Officials said 6 inches (150 millimeters) of rain were possible in northern Veracruz state.

    Some mountainous areas could get up to 15 inches of rain, the hurricane center said.

    Forecasters said extreme south Texas also could get rain.

    The main threat to Mexico comes from heavy rains that could cause flash floods and mudslides in 13 states, the government said.

    If heavy rains hit the state of Tamaulipas, they would fall on soil dried out by the most severe drought to hit the area in 50 years. There was still unrepaired damage from Hurricane Alex, which struck the area as a Category 2 hurricane last year.

    By late Wednesday, the storm was centered about 90 miles (145 kilometers) east-northeast of Tuxpan and had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). It was moving west near 6 mph (9 kph).

    The Mexican government posted a hurricane watch from the tourist zone of Barra de Nautla to La Cruz in Veracruz state. It shifted a tropical storm warning south, from the Veracruz fishing village of La Pesca to Palma Sola.

     

    48 comments

    • Paul  •  11 mths ago
      Why is it that every time there is a disaster or even the slightest THREAT of diasaster, Yahoo comments are filled with gloaters. Are people that mean and petty and ugly or is it just that the anonymity of Yahoo brings out the cowards who lurk in the shadows of anonymous chest-thumping hate?
      • ScooterGirl 11 mths ago
        Because they are, for the most part, fat Americans who never leave the neighborhood they were born and live vicariously through TV and the net. They have never faced real hardship nor interacted with those who have. They believe that if something bad happens to another person it's their own fault, unless of course it happens to them. Then it is somebody elses fault...probably someone with darker skin than theirs.
      • jon 11 mths ago
        I like both comments !
      • Edward 11 mths ago
        @ scooter girl. I think you may have gotten a lot of it correct but there is another reason. People who haven't got a clue how to better themselves are envious of others. That breeds contempt and resentment. The keyboard allows them to rage all the while they are protected since no one can call them on their comments. However, every once in a while people such as you and Paul afford me hope for the human race.
    • Catman  •  11 mths ago
      Too bad it doesn't track further north, through deep south Texas the hill country, and into the west Texas plains. There are many people who would welcome a drenching rain in those areas!
      • ScooterGirl 11 mths ago
        Maybe it will. Weather can be unpredictable.
      • SomethingClever 11 mths ago
        Why would someone give that a thumbs down?
    • bogie2  •  11 mths ago
      Ignorance leads people to prejudice. The vast majority of Mexicans are decent law-abiding people. They have a population of 112 million. They have a middle class just as we do. They're not all corrupt officials or peasants looking to come to the US. The violent criminals are in the minority just as they are in this country. It's easy to condemn the ones who come here illegally...and we certainly don't need them...but they are not the only ones who come here. Don't blame the Mexicans for our failed immigration policies. It's our own fault. .
      • Paul 11 mths ago
        You heart is certainly in the right place and you speak the truth, but you are trying to reason with bigots and they are bigots precisely BECAUSE they can't be reasoned with. Thanks for trying, though.
      • Edward 11 mths ago
        There are still decent people left on these message boards. Thank You
      • fishfun 11 mths ago
        your right but we pay out over 50 billion tax dollars to illegals and it must stop
    • Danny  •  11 mths ago
      We need the rain, bring it on.
    • Apachetears  •  11 mths ago
      I don't want to wish no harm but the whole southwest and south east could use a good tropical rain system.
    • Joshua  •  11 mths ago
      New Mexico needs this storm because of there wild fires
      • Billy S 11 mths ago
        their---not there fires.
    • marc  •  11 mths ago
      O.K put away last night's leftover pizza & snacks, turn off your 72" TV. Put your wide band internet access on screesaver. Walk away from your cosy air conditioned space and walk to a mirror...now repeat after me..I will stop posting stupid remarks...one more time ..
    • Nobody Special  •  11 mths ago
      So many negative comments. Didn't your parents ever teach you if you don't have something constructive to say then shut up and listen to people that do?
    • Mitch  •  11 mths ago
      May the tropical storm rain all over central Texas!!
      • JJJJDDDD 11 mths ago
        You remember tropical storm allison, I think it was 2001 if i am not mistaken? I think it dumped 40" plus in less than 3-4 days and it kind of just hung around. I agree we need rain but not that much rain, I want fireworks!
      • maroon 11 mths ago
        JD wants fireworks....wow
    • Dave  •  11 mths ago
      I'm sure AP will cite this as another reason for rising oil prices!
    • Scree  •  11 mths ago
      New Orleans is bracing itself for more $2000 credit cards. Hey, what's a little water when you can get free money?
    • 772stormy  •  11 mths ago
      We are all human beings. Act like one, please!
    • Gerardo  •  11 mths ago
      I like how some people on here love to criticize the Mexican people but unless you were born in poverty and infested drug war lands then you would know what it would be like
    • Carolinacompanycowboy  •  11 mths ago
      That storm would not move in to all of areas needing water. if drenching that would make a tall hill in texas
    • slappy  •  11 mths ago
      Tuxpan is a beautiful city with beautiful people. Good luck to them all!
    • John  •  11 mths ago
      Please move north tropical storm... we need you in Austin, Texas
    • Jerry Price  •  11 mths ago
      Remember the Alamo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Starman  •  11 mths ago
      With a little luck, hope and a prayer it will wipe that sorry #%% country off the map!
    • zamboniee 57  •  11 mths ago
      Hang ON mexico,, the druglords hopefully will get wiped out!!!
    • Axel  •  11 mths ago
      Good looking Mexican women like Salma Hayek, Selena Gomez, Jessica Alba make good slaves and concubines for us Anglo-American males.
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