The smooth tropical storm was formed in the last hours of Monday in Caribbean, south of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, and is expected to land in Central America in the next few days, most likely as a hurricane. So it is estimated that it will land in the United States.
The United States National Hurricane Center The NHC reported that Lisa had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km / h) and was moving west at 12 mph (19 km / h). The center of the storm It was located approximately 470 kilometers (290 miles) south-southeast of the island of Grand Cayman.
Belize has issued a hurricane warning for the entire coast, while Honduras has done the same for the Bay Islands. In the last hours of this Tuesday, in the Honduran Caribbean the storm is getting stronger with heavy storms, storm surges up to one meter above normal tide, worse weather conditions are expected starting tonight.
Guatemala and Mexico issued tropical storm warnings.
Storm Lisa was heading towards Belize threatening to strike Wednesday as a Category 1 hurricane.
The Atlantic hurricane season had begun unusually quiet first months, but in recent times there have been multiple tropical storms and many of them have reached the category of hurricanes.
The strongest was Ianwhich hit South Florida as a Category 4 hurricane leaving a trail of destruction that has not yet been repaired.
Source: Clarin
