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This NOAA GOES East satellite image released at 1715Z on September 13, 2013 shows Tropical Storm Ingrid. Tropical Storm Ingrid, the ninth in this season of cyclones in the Atlantic, was formed on Friday near the Mexican coast of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico. The storm could produce heavy rain, possible flooding and mudslides in areas of eastern Mexico. (AFP)
Two tropical storms flanked Mexico on the Gulf and Pacific coasts on Friday, producing heavy rains, causing rivers to overflow and threatening to spark landslides, forecasters said.
Tropical Storm Manuel formed off the western coast hours after Ingrid emerged in the Gulf of Mexico near the eastern state of Veracruz., according to US and Mexican weather authorities.
Tropical Storm Ingrid could become a hurricane before making landfall late Sunday or early Monday, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
The Gulf storm was stationary about 95km from the port of Veracruz but was already drenching eastern Mexico, forcing villages to evacuate and causing some rivers to overflow.
Ingrid was expected to be very close to the coast over the weekend, the Miami-based Center said in a 0000 GMT bulletin. The storm was packing maximum sustained winds of 75km.
The storm was expected to dump 10 to 15 inches of rain on a large part of eastern Mexico and more in mountainous areas.
"These rains are likely to result in life-threatening flash floods and mudslides," the center said.
State oil company Pemex said late Thursday that it had preemptively suspended "sea and air operations" in the area although rigs in the region continued to operate.
Heavy rain has lashed Veracruz this week, killing 14 people, including 13 people who died when a landslide crushed their homes in a mountainous region of the Gulf Coast state.
On the Pacific coast, Tropical Storm Manuel was "getting a little bit stronger" as it moved slowly westward, the US hurricane center said.
The storm was moving at 9km per hour, and was located some 290km from Lazaro Cardenas, a Michoacan state coastal city.
The storm, blowing maximum sustained winds of 75km per hour, was expected to be close to the southwestern coast by late Saturday or early Sunday and produce floods and mudslides.
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