The wave's emergence over water was accompanied by a surge in moisture, leading to the development of scattered convection. On July 25, 2016, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) began monitoring a tropical wave over the eastern Atlantic along the coast of West Africa. Despite the high death toll from the storm, the name Earl was not retired.Įxtratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression Lesser effects were felt in neighboring countries in Central America. Heavy rain in Mexico triggered many landslides, several of which proved fatal in the states of Puebla, Hidalgo, and Veracruz at least 81 people died in the country. Striking Belize as a Category 1, the hurricane caused extensive damage losses to agriculture exceeded US$100 million. Prior to Earl becoming a tropical cyclone, 13 people died in storm-related incidents across the Dominican Republic. On August 6, Earl dissipated after moving ashore Veracruz. It weakened while moving across the Yucatán Peninsula, but reintensified in the Bay of Campeche and followed the coastline. Earl strengthened into an 85 mph (140 km/h) hurricane before making landfall on Belize on August 4. Upon classification, the storm moved westward through the Caribbean Sea, brushing the north coast of Honduras. The precursor to Earl brought torrential rainfall and flooding to the Lesser Antilles. The fifth named storm and second hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Earl formed from a tropical wave south of Jamaica on August 2. Hurricane Earl was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane to impact Mexico since Hurricane Stan in 2005. Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Central America, Mexico Hurricane Earl approaching Belize near peak intensity, on August 3
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