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Southern states on alert due to the danger of a massive sea flood caused by a tropical storm

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America is on alert for the second tropical storm in a week, threatening torrential rains and massive ocean surge.

The full force of the storm will hit Mexico within the next 24 hours, but the southern United States, including Texas, can expect collateral damage.

This comes after Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall late last week and marks a turbulent start to the 2024 hurricane season.

Alex DaSilva, AccuWeather’s senior tropical meteorologist, said: “Downpours and storm surge could exacerbate the problems caused by Tropical Storm Alberto, while torrential rain could reach drought-stricken areas in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas.”

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Weather in the USA: Southern states on alert due to the danger of a massive sea flood caused by a tropical storm

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The storm was on a collision course with Central America last night about 90 miles northeast of Tampico, Mexico.

There is a risk that flash flood warnings will be issued along the south Texas coast as a storm surge of one meter in height is triggered.

Up to 350 mm of rain is possible before the storm subsides, bringing an additional risk of mudslides.

An AccuWeather spokesperson said: “Parts of the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas are currently experiencing prolonged drought.

“Rain could be beneficial in South Texas, but the downpours could also lead to dangerous flash flooding.”

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The cyclone, currently on its way to Mexico, will create a furious “vortex” – a huge, simmering low-pressure area that can further strengthen the parent storm.

Mr DaSilva said: “This phenomenon in the southwestern Gulf that we are observing is part of the Central America Gyre breaking away and rolling west-northwestward.

“A vortex is a large, slowly rotating low-pressure area that often intensifies showers and thunderstorms in its area of ​​influence.”

Unusually high sea temperatures due to a sudden heat wave in the Americas could lead to storms this season, he added.

He said: “Tropical storms and hurricanes like to feed on warm ocean water.

“The warmer the oceans, the more favorable the conditions are for tropical development and intensification.”

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A cloud of tropical moisture over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico will trigger a spate of tropical storms, experts warn.

Texas and Florida are the first to be targeted as hurricane season begins, but the danger will expand.

Jim Dale, a meteorologist at the British Met Office, said: “The Gulf of Mexico is full of moisture. This, in addition to the tropical storms moving in from the Atlantic, will lead to thunderstorms across the region.”

“We are at the beginning of the season and an active period is expected, especially because sea temperatures are high and this will favour tropical storms.

“Currently it is the south that is in the firing line, but there is a growing risk that this conveyor belt will move further north following the jet stream.”

The US National Hurricane Center warned last night that heavy rains from the Gulf of Mexico would trigger flooding.

A spokesman said: “Disorderly showers and thunderstorms continue to occur in association with an extended low pressure system approximately 90 miles northeast of Tampico, Mexico.

“Regardless of the development, heavy rains could cause localized flooding across much of northeastern Mexico and deep south Texas over the next day or two.”

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