Tropical Storm Barbara in the Pacific Ocean quickly became a Category 4 hurricane and developed, achieving a record time of less than 24 hours. This fact leaves a strong message that the rapid development of these systems must be monitored even more today as there is increasing speed and intensity.
??#Bárbara se ha intensificado muy rápido en las últimas horas y actualmente se ha convertido en un huracán Mayor categoría 4.
Presenta viento sostenido de 215 km/h y rachas superando 250 km/h, desplazándose al oeste-noroeste a 24 km/h, muy lejos de México. pic.twitter.com/IIbN3vgZb2
Cyclone Fani is considered the most powerful in the past 53 years.
INDIA.- This cyclone Fani, considered the most powerful cyclone that has rocked India in the last 43 years , reached the east coast near the city Puri (Odisha state), leaving at least three dead, they report local media.
According to RT, the phenomenon has uprooted hundreds of trees in its path, causing serious damage to energy infrastructure and homes. According to the media The Hindu, storm winds already reach 175 kilometers per hour.
At least 10,000 villages and 52 cities in nine districts will be affected by the meteorological phenomenon , according to data from the Odisha Government, which has advised the population to stay inside their homes on the day of this Friday.
Airports located on the cyclone route are being closed, while flight operations from Odisha's capital Bhubaneswar airport have been suspended since midnight on Thursday.
The rainy season and tropical cyclones will begin on May 15, according to experts.
Mexico.- This year in the Pacific seas a weak El Niño phenomenon will be registered, which will generate a large number of extreme weather events and we must be ready to face them, warned Blanca Jiménez, director of the National Water Commission (Conagua).
During her participation in the inter-institutional meeting held at the National Center for Disaster Prevention (Cenapred), the environmental engineer stressed that we must be prepared for the imminent rainy season and tropical cyclones, which will begin on May 15 and end on November 30.
In order to establish the most appropriate lines of action to be applied before, during and after of a possible emergency, the proposal is to work, in a coordinated manner and putting aside any partisan affiliation, between the three levels of government , as well as establishing closer and closer communication with the population, added David León Romero, national coordinator of Civil Protection.
According to UNAM Global, to consolidate this strategy, the so-called Inter-institutional Analysis and Coordination Group for Tropical Cyclones was established, consisting of:
Ministry of Public Security (SSP)
Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT)
Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT)
Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA)
Secretary of the Navy (SEMAR)
Federal Electricity Commission (CFE)
“We are working together and in a preventive way before the next season of tropical cyclones and rains. Therefore, in addition to operating as a team, we are reviewing the coordination, information and communication mechanisms between institutions in order to respond to any emergency before, during and after, ”they reported.
On May 15 the number of hurricanes that are calculated in the country will be announced in a meeting in Zihuatanejo, Guerrero.
The coordinator explained that in order to face these contingencies and lessen their impacts, a plan articulated in three axes is contemplated: prevention, preparation and communication.
Specialists affirm that the risk increases since a system has not reached Yucatan for a long time; will be two Atlantic cyclones that are category three or greater
According to specialists on the subject, the hurricane season in the Atlantic would be within normal standards for this year, although it was specified that several forecasts are still missing to be presented in the coming months, so that Yucatan must be aware of the reports.
According to specialists on the subject, the hurricane season in the Atlantic would be within normal standards for this year, although it was specified that several forecasts are still missing to be presented in the coming months, so that Yucatan must be aware of the reports.
13 Cyclones
8 Tropical Storms
3 Moderate hurricanes between categories 1 and 2
2 intense hurricanes categories 3 or greater
Although it is unknown when and where they would form.
Likewise, it was reported that there will be more forecasts in the months of June and July and one more at the end of August, although everything indicates that when El Niño ends, this could give way to cyclonic systems at sea Atlantic, so Yucatan must be pending.
Last year, 15 tropical systems were formed in the Atlantic, of which at least two, "Flourish" and "Michael", caused severe damage in the United States, resulting in the season was cataloged as catastrophic, according to specialists.
Likewise, it was mentioned that in the case of Yucatan, THE RISK OF AN IMPACT OF A HURRICANE IS GREATER BECAUSE FOR SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A SYSTEM DID NOT REACH THE ENTITY; THE LAST ONE WAS “Isidoro” IN 2002, WHILE “Dean” DID HIS OWN IN 2007 AT THE PENINSULAR LEVEL.