Hurricane Stan
| Hurricane Stan |
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| Hurricane Stan after landfall | |
| Beginning | October 1, 2005 |
| The End | October 5, 2005 |
| area | Northwest Atlantic |
| season | Atlantic hurricane season 2005 |
| maximum wind speed | 70 kn 81 mph 130 km / h (1 min) |
| category | Hurricane level 1 |
| minimum air pressure | 977 hPa |
The Hurricane Stan was the eighteenth notably named storm and the tenth Atlantic hurricane of the storm extremely rich year 2005. It was only the second time since the introduction of alphabetical names for hurricanes in 1953 that the letter S is achieved the name sequence. With maximum mean wind speeds of 130 km / h, which he also only achieved for a short time, Stan was assigned to category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale and was thus less strong than hurricanes Katrina and Rita , which had occurred a few weeks earlier raged. Heavy rainfall and the resulting floods, landslides and mudslides officially claimed over 1,000 deaths in the Central American states of Mexico , El Salvador and Guatemala . Since one must assume that the actual number of casualties is over 2000, Hurricane Stan claimed the most casualties in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Stan was similar to the devastating Hurricane Mitch that occurred seven years earlier .
course
Stan emerged from an atmospheric wave that was still over the African coast on September 17, 2005. Over the western Caribbean , the atmospheric wave turned into a low pressure area on October 1, 2005 . Off the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula , it intensified into a tropical storm in the early morning hours of October 2nd. Stan crossed the Yucatán in a westerly direction without having reached hurricane strength and weakened back to the low pressure area. Above the warm waters of Campeche Bay , Stan became stronger again and was classified as a Category 1 hurricane on October 4th at 4:00 a.m. (CDT) with a mean wind speed of more than 119 km / h. On the same morning it reached the coast south of the Mexican Veracruz and then weakened quickly overland, but as a low pressure area continued to cause heavy rain.
Effects
The heavy rainfall caused by Stan resulted in severe flooding, landslides and mudslides in southern and eastern Mexico and much of Central America . Up to 500mm of precipitation was measured, particularly on the outer edge of the storm where the winds themselves were less strong.
Guatemala
Two villages with around 1,400 inhabitants were completely buried under mudslides, the exact number of victims will probably not be able to be determined. Large parts of the country were affected by severe flooding. 663 dead were officially confirmed by October 18, 2005, and 884 people were missing.
El Salvador
Over 300 locations were flooded and 54,000 people were forced to flee. 72 dead have been officially confirmed. The situation was aggravated by the eruption of the Santa Ana volcano on October 2nd, 2005. Numerous roads, including the Panamericana , were temporarily impassable due to landslides.
Mexico
The states of Chiapas , Hidalgo , Oaxaca , Puebla and Veracruz were affected .
Around 100,000 residents of certain stretches of coast of the Gulf of Mexico had to be evacuated. Damage from wind and flooding was reported from areas around the coastal cities of Veracruz , Boca del Río , San Andrés Tuxtla , Santiago Tuxtla , Minatitlán and Coatzacoalcos , as well as from the more inland city of Xalapa .
After Stan moved further west of the isthmus of Tehuantepec in the Sierra Madre del Sur , the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas were hit by heavy rains. In Chiapas, the city of Tapachula was badly damaged. At times it was only accessible from the air, as all bridges were destroyed by flood-carrying rivers.
Damage has also been reported from the state of Puebla .
The state oil company Pemex evacuated 270 workers from oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico as a precaution , but they did not suffer any damage.
Honduras
7 deaths were reported from Honduras . Over 7,000 people were evacuated and over 2,000 houses were destroyed.
Nicaragua
Nicaragua reported 10 victims.