Tropical storm Dolly made landfall around 0600 UTC near the Tampico city of Mexico. The fourth Atlantic tropical storm of 2014, is currently positioned at latitude 21.9oN and 98oW longitude.
Dolly was located about 50 kilometers south-southwest of Tampico early Wednesday morning. At 0300 UTC (8.30 am) the storm's maximum sustained winds were nearly 45 mph (75 kmph), gusting at 60 mph, and it was moving westwards at a speed of 8 mph.
Looking at the development of Dolly, it was predicted much earlier that Dolly will not strengthen to a hurricane before making a landfall.
On Tuesday morning, Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance aircraft declared that Dolly had strengthened sufficiently to be attributed as the fourth named storm of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season. Consequently, the government of Mexico issued a tropical storm warning for its Gulf Coast from Cabo Rojo, Veracruz northward to Boca de Catan. Government authorities also took necessary measures, raised shelters suspended school on Wednesday. As of now, heavy showersfrom Dolly could bring flash floods and mudslides in mountainous areas.
Latest update on tropical storm Norbert
Another tropical storm Norbert, formed on Tuesday off Mexico's west coast in the Pacific. At 0300 UTC Norbert was situated at latitude 19.2oN and 106.9oW longitude. The storm's maximum sustained winds were around 50 mph or 85 kmph, gusting at 60 mph, and it was moving north/northwestwards at 8 mph.
By late Tuesday evening Norbert was about 195 kilometers southwest of Cabo Corrientes and 480 kilometers southeast of the southern tip of Baja California. According to media reports, Hurricane forecasters predicted that Norbert could approach the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula on Thursday. Norbert is not expected to make landfall and will skirt away.
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