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Tropical Storm Matthew heads for Central America
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September 24, 2010, Friday
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Tropical Storm Matthew formed over the western Caribbean yesterday and was expected to hit Central America as early as today, the US National Hurricane Center said.
The storm, which had maximum sustained winds of 65 kph, could disrupt the coffee harvest due to begin early next month in major regional exporters Honduras and Guatemala.
Nicaragua has already slashed its estimate for the 2010/11 season after months of heavy rains battered crops and roads.
Models of the storm, which could become a hurricane this weekend, suggest it might reach the Gulf of Mexico, where most of Mexico's oil wells are located. Forecasts also show that the storm could turn north toward the Yucatan Peninsula.
"The center of Matthew is expected to be near the Nicaragua/Honduras border late today or early tomorrow morning," the center said in a statement.
Matthew, the 13th named storm of the Atlantic season, is located about 4700 km east of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.
Mexico is still recovering from Hurricane Karl, which dumped heavy rains in the Gulf state of Veracruz over the past weekend, damaging sugar crops.
On the other side of the Atlantic, another system, Lisa, regained tropical storm strength around 515 km west north west of the Cape Verde Islands, but was moving slowly and posed no threat to land or energy assets.
The storm, which had maximum sustained winds of 65 kph, could disrupt the coffee harvest due to begin early next month in major regional exporters Honduras and Guatemala.
Nicaragua has already slashed its estimate for the 2010/11 season after months of heavy rains battered crops and roads.
Models of the storm, which could become a hurricane this weekend, suggest it might reach the Gulf of Mexico, where most of Mexico's oil wells are located. Forecasts also show that the storm could turn north toward the Yucatan Peninsula.
"The center of Matthew is expected to be near the Nicaragua/Honduras border late today or early tomorrow morning," the center said in a statement.
Matthew, the 13th named storm of the Atlantic season, is located about 4700 km east of Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua.
Mexico is still recovering from Hurricane Karl, which dumped heavy rains in the Gulf state of Veracruz over the past weekend, damaging sugar crops.
On the other side of the Atlantic, another system, Lisa, regained tropical storm strength around 515 km west north west of the Cape Verde Islands, but was moving slowly and posed no threat to land or energy assets.
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