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Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Sun Aug 7, 2016, 09:33 PM Aug 2016

Hurricane Earl death toll in Mexico rises to 38

Source: USA Today

As Tropical Storm Javier formed off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Sunday, the death toll from the remnants of Hurricane Earl grew to 38.

Earl, which was briefly a hurricane before hitting Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula, dumped rain and triggered deadly landslides across parts of eastern Mexico, The Associated Press reported.

The governor of the Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, Javier Duarte, said Sunday that 10 people had died in landslides in the towns of Cocomatepec, Tequila and Huayacocotla. Officials in the central state of Puebla also reported at least one death in a landslide in the mountain town of Xaltepec.

Authorities were still searching the area for residents who were reported missing, according to a statement from the state government.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/08/07/hurricane-earl-death-toll-mexico-rises/88378862/

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Hurricane Earl death toll in Mexico rises to 38 (Original Post) Little Tich Aug 2016 OP

I didn't realize they re-used names. I'd believed that each storm name was retired. NurseJackie Aug 2016 #1

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1. I didn't realize they re-used names. I'd believed that each storm name was retired.

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Mon Aug 8, 2016, 11:45 AM

Aug 2016

Hurricane Earl
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The name Earl has been used for seven tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.

• Hurricane Earl (1980) — drifted over the central Atlantic Ocean without affecting land
• Hurricane Earl (1986) — drifted over the central Atlantic Ocean without affecting land
• Tropical Storm Earl (1992) — headed towards eastern Florida then veered away. No damage was reported
• Hurricane Earl (1998) — struck the Florida Panhandle, causing approximately $79 million damage and 3 fatalities
• Tropical Storm Earl (2004) — travelled across the Windward Islands, then dissipated. Its remnants became Hurricane Frank in the eastern Pacific Ocean
• Hurricane Earl (2010) — a strong, long-lived category 4 that affected most of the United States east coast and Canada.
• Hurricane Earl (2016) — struck Belize, weakened back to a tropical storm over land and re-strengthened in the Bay of Campeche while it made a second landfall in Veracruz, Mexico.

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