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Tropical storm Jose hits Mexico, loses power
23 Aug 2005 17:16:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
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MEXICO CITY, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Tropical storm Jose, the 10th of the season, dumped heavy rain on eastern Mexico on Tuesday but was downgraded to a depression as it moved over the central highlands.
Mexico withdrew storm warnings along its Gulf Coast as Jose weakened after hitting the coast of Veracruz state, some distance from its main oil ports.
No deaths were reported, although emergency services feared Jose could trigger landslides in the mountains and cause lowland flooding.
"Heavy rain will increase the chance of mudslides in mountain areas, raise river levels and some floods in low-altitude zones of Veracruz and Puebla," Mexico's civil protection agency said in a statement on Tuesday. Miami's National Hurricane Center said Jose's winds dropped to 35 mph (55 kph) as it climbed into Mexico's central highlands, and that further weakening was expected throughout the day. Authorities at the giant Cotzacoalcos port in sourthern Veracruz reported low winds and no rain and said the storm had not affected shipping. On the other side of the country in the state of Oaxaca, at least eight people drowned and two disapeared on Monday, when heavy rain unrelated to Jose burst a river bank and swept away their truck.
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