Hurricane Zeta downgraded to tropical storm after hitting Mexican coast

Hurricane Zeta, accompanied by strong winds and heavy precipitation, lost its liveliness when it made landfall on Monday, October 26 in the evening in the Mexican province of Yucatan and was demoted Tuesday to a tropical storm by the National Center for Hurricanes (NHC), based in Miami.

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Accompanied by winds of 130 km / h with gusts of up to 150 km / h, the hurricane that formed over the Caribbean Sea made landfall at 10 p.m. Mexico time (5 a.m. Paris time on Tuesday) in the around Ciudad Chemuyil, 25 km northeast of Tulum, in the state of Quintano Roo.

Now a storm with maximum winds of 110 km / h, Zeta is now located 75 km east of Puerto Progreso, in the state of Yucatan, home to some of Mexico's most popular resorts such as Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum.

It is expected to leave Mexican territory via the Gulf of Mexico and, thanks to the warm waters, strengthen again to become a hurricane again that will head towards the coasts of the southeast of the United States and probably reach them on Thursday.

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Zeta's passage did not claim any casualties in Quintano Roo state, according to Governor Carlos Joaquin.

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In early October, Hurricane Delta (force 2 out of 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale) had caused extensive damage in Yucatan.

The hurricane season in the Atlantic this year is unusually rough, and several records have been broken.

As the surface of the oceans warms, hurricanes are becoming more powerful, according to scientists, who predict an increase in the proportion of category 4 and 5 cyclones, the most destructive.