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Updated the storms list of hurricans and tropical storms..... When will we see Stan and where???
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DandyDon:Now this is strange - From NOAA...
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There are no tropical cyclones in the Atlantic at this time. :11:
What?Firebrand:I told ya so!
DandyDon:Looks like TS Stan is going for hurricane status:
Hurricane Stan Spawns Deadly Storms
Rains and Mudslides Kill 65 in Central America
By DIEGO MENDEZ, AP
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (Oct. 5) - Hurricane Stan knocked down trees, ripped roofs off homes and washed out bridges in southeastern Mexico, but it was the storms it helped spawn that were far more destructive, killing more than 65 people in Central America.
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This rescue team looks for victims in San Salvador, El Salvador.
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The former Category 1 hurricane lost strength over the Mexican state of Oaxaca. But forecasters said Stan triggered separate storms to the south and officials in El Salvador's capital said 49 people had been killed, mostly due to two days of mudslides sparked by rains.
More than 16,700 Salvadorans had fled their homes for 167 shelters nationwide.
"This is a national tragedy because of the rains," said Eduardo Rivera, a spokesman for a team of Salvadoran rescue officials. "There isn't a corner of the country where there isn't pain and destruction to be found."
Among those evacuated were residents of Santa Tecla, outside the capital, San Salvador. Officials have worried the mountain running alongside the neighborhood might collapse again with heavy rains or another quake.
Neighboring Honduras said it would send aid to this country and Mexico also offered financial assistance.
Heavy rains also brought flooding that damaged bridges and submerged highways elsewhere in Central America.
Nine people died in Nicaragua, including six migrants believed to be Ecuadoreans killed in a boat accident. Four deaths were reported in Honduras, three in Guatemala and one in Costa Rica.
In Mexico's state of Chiapas, wind and rain more directly associated with Stan caused a river to overflow its banks and roar through the city of Tapachula, carrying homes with it and sparking hundreds of evacuations.
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The city's center was littered with fallen branches and debris kicked up by flood waters and was virtually deserted Tuesday night, as those not forced to evacuate holed up inside their homes.
Near Mexico's border with Guatemala, Tapachula was largely cut off from surrounding areas as major highways, roads and bridges were left under water. Chiapas Gov. Pablo Salazar said four people were missing.
"Sadly, we know it's going to keep raining," Salazar said.
Hurricane Stan, which whipped up 80-mph winds before being downgraded to a tropical depression, came ashore around 10 a.m. Tuesday along a sparsely populated stretch of coastline south of Veracruz, a busy port 185 miles east of Mexico City.
Its outer bands swiped the city, flooding low-lying neighborhoods and highways. Officials in Veracruz state, which includes the city of the same name, said seven people, including two children, were injured.
All three of Mexico's Gulf coast crude-oil loading ports closed, but the shutdowns weren't expected to affect oil prices.
Stan also brought heavy winds and rain to Oaxaca state, which borders Veracruz. There, officials opened 950 shelters and were watching 80 communities considered to be vulnerable.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center reported that even a greatly weakened Stan would continue to dump heavy rain on Oaxaca and much of the rest of southern Mexico.
Tropical Storm TAMMY Forecast/Advisory
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WTNT21 KNHC 051433
TCMAT1
TROPICAL STORM TAMMY FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER 2
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL212005
1500Z WED OCT 05 2005
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM COCOA BEACH FLORIDA
NORTHWARD TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA. A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT NORTH OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING
AREA. PLEASE CONSULT PRODUCTS ISSUED BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES.
TROPICAL STORM CENTER LOCATED NEAR 28.9N 80.3W AT 05/1500Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN 20 NM
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR 360 DEGREES AT 12 KT
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 1004 MB
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.
34 KT.......100NE 100SE 0SW 100NW.
12 FT SEAS..250NE 180SE 0SW 250NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT. RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 28.9N 80.3W AT 05/1500Z
AT 05/1200Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 28.3N 80.2W
FORECAST VALID 06/0000Z 30.2N 81.3W
MAX WIND 45 KT...GUSTS 55 KT.
34 KT...125NE 100SE 0SW 100NW.
FORECAST VALID 06/1200Z 31.4N 82.6W...INLAND
MAX WIND 30 KT...GUSTS 40 KT.
FORECAST VALID 07/0000Z 32.3N 83.8W...DISSIPATING
MAX WIND 25 KT...GUSTS 35 KT.
FORECAST VALID 07/1200Z...DISSIPATED
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 28.9N 80.3W
NEXT ADVISORY AT 05/2100Z
FORECASTER FRANKLIN