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Karl groeit tot orkaan, koerst naar Mexico
MIAMI - Tropische storm Karl is uitgegroeid tot een orkaan en zal vrijdagmiddag (lokale tijd) de oostkust van Mexico bereiken. Daarbij zal hij snel aan kracht winnen.
Dat meldt het Amerikaanse Orkaancentrum (NHC) donderdag.
De Mexicaanse overheid heeft een orkaanwaarschuwing uitgegeven voor een deel van de oostkust. Karl zal iets ten noorden van de stad Veracruz aan land komen, verwachten meteorologen. De storm zal dan naar verwachting windsnelheden van 160 tot 180 kilometer per uur bereiken. Lokaal kan de orkaan voor 35 centimeter aan regenval zorgen in de binnenlanden van Mexico.
Het NHC waarschuwt bewoners van de kustregio's om zichzelf en hun bezittingen te beschermen tegen de storm. Pemex, het Mexicaanse staatsoliebedrijf, houdt de ontwikkeling van Karl nauwlettend in de gaten, maar de schade aan boorplatformen in de Golf van Mexico lijkt mee te vallen
Gerelateerde topicsquote:Karl could slam into Mexico as a category 4
MEXICO CITY, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Central and southern parts of Mexico's Gulf Coast braced for flash floods and mudslides as Hurricane Karl closed in on the Mexican coast for the second time on Friday.
Karl, building up its winds and bringing the potential of up to 15 inches/(38 cm) of rain, was about 190 miles/(305 km) east-southeast of Tuxpan in the Mexican state of Veracruz as of 1 a.m./0500 GMT, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Karl's winds were up to 120 miles per hour/(194 kph) as the storm moved across the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico, where the bulk of Mexico's 2.55 million barrels per day of oil is produced.
Karl, a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, was expected to make landfall on Friday night.
Mexico's oil industry had to scramble on Thursday after Karl came across the Yucatan Peninsula into the Bay of Campeche.
State-run oil giant Pemex evacuated platforms in the path of the storm and halted production at 14 minor wells, the company said in a statement that did not detail how those measures would disrupt production.
Two of Mexico's main oil exporting ports closed as Karl passed through the region.
Jep... redelijk...hooguit als Cat.1 orkaan zou die aan land gaanquote:Op vrijdag 17 september 2010 12:30 schreef ZoKanIkHetOok het volgende:
Dat is verrekkes hard gegaan zeg. Tering.
Was dit ding gisteren niet nog een onbeduidend niemendalletje?
Vanavond, mexicaanse tijd, vannacht voor ons dusquote:Op vrijdag 17 september 2010 12:33 schreef opinionr het volgende:
Wanneer verwachten ze hem aan land?
Als ik zo de radar kijk is die al aan land gekomen, het oog niet niet maar in deze tempo zou dal al snel zijn. Einde van de middag/avond zal het oog ook al landfall hebben gemaakt.quote:Op vrijdag 17 september 2010 12:39 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Jep... redelijk...hooguit als Cat.1 orkaan zou die aan land gaan
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Vanavond, mexicaanse tijd, vannacht voor ons dus
Zie de OP...
quote:VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Karl grew with surprising speed into a powerful Category 3 storm Friday with forecasters saying it may strengthen further as it roars toward ports and oil installations on Mexico's Gulf Coast.
Karl's maximum sustained winds reached near 120 mph (195 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami. Some additional strengthening was possible before the hurricane made landfall, the hurricane center said.
The Mexican government issued a hurricane warning for a 186-mile (300-kilometer) stretch of coast in Veracruz state, stretching northward from the city of the same name. On its predicted path, Karl could make landfall between the port of Veracruz and the oil hub of Poza Rica.
Poza Rica, while slightly inland, houses important pipelines and natural gas- and oil-processing plants operated by the state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos. Pemex said it had no immediate plans to halt production at the plants because of the storm.
Authorities in Veracruz state — whose southern half has suffered severe flooding over the past few weeks — braced for a hit on its northern coast, preparing sleeping mats, bottled water and other supplies for anyone taking refuge in shelters. Workers in Veracruz city cut dangerous tree limbs that could become flying debris.
About 80,000 people have had their homes damaged and nine people have been killed in flooding from heavy rains in southern Veracruz since Aug. 19. Officials expressed concern Karl could raise river levels again, just as some residents are thinking of returning to their homes.
In the beach town of Tecolutla, just south of Poza Rica, fishermen and operators of small tour boats began pulling their craft out of the water.
Some people boarded up windows with sheets of plywood, lashed down cooking gas tanks and reinforced doors and signs to prevent them from being blow away by the hurricane's wind, said Tecolutla's civil defense director, Edilberto Peralta.
"We are getting ready and warning people early, to avoid any loss of human life," said Peralta, whose town of about 25,000 people was lashed by Hurricane Dean in 2007 and severely flooded by a tropical depression in 1999. "We are ready to take drastic measures."
He said officials were considering whether any residents needed to evacuate their homes.
The port of Tuxpan was closed to small craft Thursday, and Port Capt. Gaspar Cime said larger vessels would be banned later in the day. Tuxpan has about 135,000 people.
By early Friday, Karl was centered 70 miles (110 kilometers) east-northeast of Veracruz. It slowed slightly on its westward path, moving at 9 mph (15 kph).
Meanwhile, Hurricane Igor's top winds also weakened to 125 mph (205 kph) on a track that could take it over Bermuda by Monday. The government of Bermuda issued a hurricane watch.
Farther east over the Atlantic, Hurricane Julia strengthened slightly early Friday, though remained a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph).
Karl could cause storm surges of 6 to 9 feet (2 to 3 meters) and "large and destructive waves," as well as dump up to 15 inches (40 centimeters) of rain in some areas of Veracruz state, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a statement.
As a tropical storm, Karl hit Yucatan on Wednesday, downing tree limbs and causing power outages. The storm made landfall on the Mexican Caribbean coast about midway between the cruise ship port of Majahual and the coastal town of Xcalak.
Associated Press Writer Mark Stevenson in Mexico City contributed to this report.
Volgens mij gaan ze er nieuwstechnisch toch vanuit dat "landfall" het moment van het oog is?quote:Op vrijdag 17 september 2010 12:42 schreef SpeedyGJ het volgende:
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Als ik zo de radar kijk is die al aan land gekomen, het oog niet niet maar in deze tempo zou dal al snel zijn. Einde van de middag/avond zal het oog ook al landfall hebben gemaakt.
Klopt.quote:Op vrijdag 17 september 2010 13:13 schreef Frutsel het volgende:
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Volgens mij gaan ze er nieuwstechnisch toch vanuit dat "landfall" het moment van het oog is?
dacht ik
Katrina ging aan land als een Cat3.. maar was net een uurtje of twee daarvoor nog Cat.4. Windsnelheden van ca 200 km/u ofzo.quote:Op vrijdag 17 september 2010 13:53 schreef Burnie88 het volgende:
Grote problemen in Mexico vanaf nu t/m zondagavond. Ik denk desondanks wel dat Karl snel zal afzwakken boven land, maar vooral de kust krijgt enorme klappen. 38% kans op een cat. 4, dat zou echt catastrofaal zijn. Dat is een hardere impact dan dat Katrina had in 2005(?)!
quote:Hurricane Karl was upgraded overnight to a major Hurricane, a category 3, and forecast to strengthen to 140MPH (Cat 4) by tonight. Rapid intensification happened in the Bay of Campeche and now Mexico (and a lot of us) will likely be caught by surprise. Those in coastal areas should evacuate while there is time (and there isn't much). This level of a hurricane was not forecast a few days ago, but a hurricane watch and warning were issued and is why to treat hurricane watches and warnings seriously.
Landfall will be late in the afternoon or early Evening.
Best of luck and prayers to those in that area of Mexico, they are about to get pounded.
The town most in danger from Karl is Laguna Verde, but Karl is large enough to cause problems a good distance away too.
Laguna Verde is home to Mexico's largest nuclear power plant.
Points just north of the landfall will receive the absolute worst of it. Veracruz will likely see some damage, but not the worst. Storm Surge will be a tremendous issue (!2-15 ft at and north of the landfall point).
Hmm, tussen de 12 en 15 feet, ik ben 5ft4 met mijn 163 cm dus ruwweg 2.5 tot 3.5 keer mij, jikes.....quote:
Dit was inderdaad niet voorspeld. Kan raar gaan met die orkanen.quote:This level of a hurricane was not forecast a few days ago,
Je kan aan de berichten (spelfouten) zien dat ze in haast worden geschreven. (Zoals bovenin Tonight/Tonihgt) Ze raken in paniekquote:Op vrijdag 17 september 2010 14:28 schreef kahaarin het volgende:
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Hmm, tussen de 12 en 15 feet, ik ben 5ft4 met mijn 163 cm dus ruwweg 2.5 tot 3.5 keer mij, jikes.....
Hopelijk gaat het allemaal goedkomen met die centrale.
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