Tropical Storm Nate Makes Landfall in Mexico

BOSTON, Sept. 12, 2011 – According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Nate finally picked up speed over the weekend and made landfall on Sunday at around 11:00 a.m. EDT near the town of Tecolutla (population 25,000) in the eastern state of Veracruz, Mexico. Nate failed to achieve hurricane status, coming onshore as a minimal tropical storm with sustained winds of near 45 mph. “For the previous several days, Nate had been pulling in a large mass of dry air from Mexico, which prevented its intensification,” said Dr.…

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