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This broke the record for Mexico's highest 24-hour rainfall total, as well as the highest 24-hour rainfall total in the Western Hemisphere. [4] [13] This was greater than the annual rainfall of Quintana Roo. [3] Of that total, 1,082 mm (42.6 in) fell in a span of 12 hours.
Rainfall totals could be 5-10 inches, with up to 15 in some spots, throughout the rest of Honduras, as well as all of Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, western Nicaragua and Quintana Roo ...
Elsewhere across the rest of Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, western Nicaragua, and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, Sara is expected to produce 5 to 10 inches of rain with ...
On an average basis, eastern Pacific tropical cyclones contribute about one-third of the annual rainfall along the Mexican Riviera, and up to one-half of the rainfall seen annually across Baja California Sur. [3] Mexico is twice as likely (18% of the basin total) to be impacted by a Pacific tropical cyclone on its west coast than an Atlantic ...
A section of the Morocoy-San Pedro highway was badly damaged. The government of Quintana Roo spent MX$11 million (US$553,000) to repair the damage caused by the storm. [32] In Chiapas, floods damaged 14 houses in Rayón, and two more in Rincón Chamula San Pedro. A landslide also blocked a section of Federal Highway 190. [33]
Tropical Storm Sara is "meandering" off the coast of Honduras, bringing heavy rain, “catastrophic” flooding and mudslides to portions of Central America, forecasters say.
Below is a list of the highest known storm total rainfall amounts from individual tropical cyclones across Mexico. Most of the rainfall information was provided by the Mexico's National Weather Service, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, which is a part of the National Water Commission, Comisión Nacional del Agua. Hurricane Wilma
Precipitation. Western Hemisphere record for 24-hour rainfall: 1633.98 mm (64.33 inches) over the time period of 12:30 UTC on 21 October 2005 to 12:30 UTC 22 October 2005 on Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo during the passage of Hurricane Wilma. [4] Also the record for the Northern Hemisphere. [5]