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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Three storms in the Atlantic have insurers and storm watchers worried

As the hurricane season continues its slow march, new storms are appearing in the Atlantic Ocean, spurring concerns that this season may make good on the promise of unusually high activity. The National Hurricane Center has been tracking Hurricane Katia for a number of weeks as it has hovered just off the East Coast, fluctuating between hurricane status and that of a tropical storm. Two new storms have sprouted in the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, and both have storm watchers worried. At present, Katia is designated as a…

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