VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) — The Atlantic season's first tropical storm hit Mexico's central Gulf coast Thursday, hurling heavy rains over a wide swath of the country.
The heart of Tropical Storm Arlene struck land near Cabo Rojo, a cape just off the mainland between the cities of Tampico and Tuxpan. It had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) and was moving inland at 8 mph (13 kph), said the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Coastal towns appear to have escaped serious damage from the initial storm. Tree branches fell, water accumulated on some streets and a neighborhood of Tuxpan lost electricity, civil protection authorities reported.
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