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Tropical Storm Melissa forms in Atlantic
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 29 - 09 - 2007


Floodwaters from Hurricane Lorenzo
were receding Saturday after rains caused mudslides and
floods that killed at least five people and drove tens of
thousands from their homes in eastern Mexico, AP reported.
Meanwhile, a new tropical storm, Melissa, formed in the
eastern Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in
Miami said. It had winds of 40 mph (65 kpm), but posed no
immediate threat to land.
In the eastern Pacific, a tropical depression was upgraded
to Tropical Storm Juliette but remained nearly 500 miles
(800 kilometers) off the coast of central Mexico on
Saturday afternoon.
Atlantic Tropical Storm Karen faded into a tropical
depression and was likely to dissipate soon, with winds of
35 mph (55 kpm) about 495 miles (795 kilometers) east of
the Leeward Islands.
Rivers in Mexico, which had swollen 21 feet (6.4 meters)
above usual levels, began to recede on Saturday, but
officials said it might take weeks for all flooding to
subside.
Lorenzo hit Mexico's Gulf coast on Friday and quickly
faded into a potent rainstorm as it moved over the lush,
ravine-cut mountains of east-central Mexico, dumping more
than 13 inches (33 centimeters) of rain in some areas in
less than a day.
In hard-hit parts of Veracruz state, streets remained
flooded by weather that ripped roofs off some 2,000 homes
and swept cars away. In Alamo, a burst pipeline released
oil into the Buenavista River and damaging nearby pastures,
police said. At least two children were sickened by the
fumes.
Residents in the oil city of Poza Rica fled their homes as
the water rose.
«My son and I left home with just two changes of clothes,
we didn't have time to return for our other things, and the
water came quickly and filled all the houses,» said Laura
Fernandez Rosas, of Poza Rica.
In Mexico's Puebla state, a hillside gave way in the
village of Ixtaczoquitla, burying a 26-year-old woman and
two girls, ages 3 and 5, who appeared to be her daughters,
the state government reported.
A 9-year-old girl died in the village of Rancho Nuevo and
a 19-year-old man was missing, washed away by a flooded
river, the government reported. Landslides or flooding
severed about a dozen roads.
In neighboring Veracruz state, an 83-year-old man died
after falling into a hole in drenched soil near his home,
local police said.
Veracruz's chief civil defense official, Ranulfo Marquez,
said it could take weeks for all flooding to subside.
Marquez said hundreds of homes had been flooded, 2,000
roofs blown off and 30,000 people forced from their homes
in Veracruz state. Thousands also were evacuated in Puebla
state.


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