HURRICAN EARL

VVust 6, 2016

Hurricane Earl approaching Belize on August 3 Formed August 2, 2016 Dissipated August 6, 2016 Highest winds 1-minute sustained: 80 mph (130 km/h) Lowest pressure 979 mbar (hPa); 28.91 inHg Fatalities 46 direct, 6 indirect Damage Unknown Areas affected Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Central America Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Earl was a hurricane that brought severe flooding to Belize City. The fifth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane
Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 80 mph (130 km/h)
Lowest pressure	979 mbar (hPa); 28.91 inHg
Fatalities	46 direct, 6 indirect
Damage	Unknown
Areas affected	Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Central America
Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Earl was a hurricane that brought severe flooding to Belize City. The fifth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Earl formed from a tropical wave south of Jamaica on August 2. The precursor to Earl brought torrential rainfall and flooding to the Lesser Antilles. Upon classification, tropical storm warnings were issued for the coastal areas of Belize, Honduras and the southern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. The warnings were extended and upgraded when Earl reached hurricane status. On August 4, Earl made landfall south of Belize City. Upon landfall, some of the warnings were discontinued. Following this, Earl exited in the Bay of Campeche and followed the coastline as it restrengthened slightly. This prompted more tropical storm warnings for the Mexican coast.
Prior to Earl becoming a tropical cyclone, 13 people died in storm-related incidents across the Dominican Republic. Heavy rain in Mexico triggered many landslides, several of which proved fatal in the states of Puebla and Veracruz; at least 38 people died in the country.

Contents

• 1 Meteorological history
• 2 Preparations and impactust 6, 2016

  Highest winds	1-minute sustained: 80 mph (130 km/h)
  Lowest pressure	979 mbar (hPa); 28.91 inHg
  Fatalities	46 direct, 6 indirect
  Damage	Unknown
  Areas affected	Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Central America
  Part of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season

  Hurricane Earl was a hurricane that brought severe flooding to Belize City. The fifth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Earl formed from a tropical wave south of Jamaica on August 2. The precursor to Earl brought torrential rainfall and flooding to the Lesser Antilles. Upon classification, tropical storm warnings were issued for the coastal areas of Belize, Honduras and the southern portion of the Yucatán Peninsula. The warnings were extended and upgraded when Earl reached hurricane status. On August 4, Earl made landfall south of Belize City. Upon landfall, some of the warnings were discontinued. Following this, Earl exited in the Bay of Campeche and followed the coastline as it restrengthened slightly. This prompted more tropical storm warnings for the Mexican coast.
  Prior to Earl becoming a tropical cyclone, 13 people died in storm-related incidents across the Dominican Republic. Heavy rain in Mexico triggered many landslides, several of which proved fatal in the states of Puebla and Veracruz; at least 38 people died in the country.
  

  Contents

• 1 Meteorological history

2 Preparations and impactV