1. TROPICAL STORM HERMINE MAKES LANDFALL IN NORTHERN MEXICO
A RAINMAKER IN MEXICO AND TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 4-7, 2010
Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, University of North Carolina, USA

2. ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010
Alex (H) June 21
Bonnie July 27
Colin Aug 3
Danielle (H) Aug 21
Earl (H) Aug.29
Fiona Aug 30

3. ATLANTIC BASIN TROPICAL STORMS AND HURRICANES: 2010
Gaston Sept 1
Hermine Sept 6
Igor (Pending)
Julia (Pending)
Karl (Pending)
Lisa (Pending)

4. Tropical Storm Hermine changed from a tropical depression 10 to a tropical storm and formed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas on Monday, Sept. 6th.

5. The trajectory of Tropical Storm Hermine did not give it enough time to become a hurricane before making landfall in Mexico on Tuesday, Sept. 6th.

6. TROPICVAL STORM HERMINE: SEPT 6, 2010

7. Unlike Hurricane Alex, which swiped Texas then plunged southwest into Mexico, Hermine was more memorable in Texas, dumping from 5 to 12 inches of rain in San Antonio, ripping off roofs in Raymondville, and disrupting power for 35,000 in the Rio Grande Valley. .

8. TROPICAL STORM HERMINE: SEPT 7, 2010

9. Mexican emergency officials in Tamaulipas worked to evacuate 3,500 people around Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas; Schools on both sides of the border canceled classes Tuesday. .