Tropical Storm Karl closes on Mexican coastline

Tropical Storm Karl closes on Mexican coastline

Hurricane Karl will steam on to the Mexican coast from the Gulf of Mexico Friday. Mexico's government issued a tropical storm warning for the peninsula from Chetumal northward to Cabo Catoche. Karl has grown into a major, Category 3 hurricane.

The Mexican government issued a hurricane warning for a 186-mile stretch of coast in Veracruz state. The storm was about 70 miles (110 km) east-northeast of Veracruz, Mexico, moving west at around 9 mph (15 kph).

Hurricane center said: “the storm is expected to quickly weaken once it enters the Mexican mountains.” The storm is at present likely to produce rainfall accumulations of 5 to 10 inches along the central and southern Mexican Gulf Coast region.