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MEXICO CITY, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Three major tropical storms including one hurricane were swirling across the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, dumping torrential rains on already saturated soils in the Caribbean and Central America, forecasters said. After more than a week, Category 1 Hurricane Katia continued to move closer to the Caribbean toward Bermuda, while a major storm system that had developed over the last few days officially became Tropical Storm Maria early Wednesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Maria, currently moving with sustained winds of 85 km per hour, was heading toward Puerto Rico and expected to continue gathering strength in the next few days, the Miami-based NHC said. A smaller storm system that for the last few days swirled around the Gulf of Mexico suddenly picked up strength overnight and by late Wednesday afternoon had developed into Tropical Storm Nate just 200 km off the coast of the Mexican state of Campeche. Moving at 75 km per hour with sustained winds, Nate has already dumped massive rain falls on southern Mexico, parts of Guatemala, Honduras and Belize, and local relief agencies told Xinhua that after several months with high hurricane activity, this was creating a particularly dangerous situation. As soils in the mountainous regions already are saturated with water, it will not take more than a few days before the continued rains make mountain slopes give in, rivers break their banks and lead to deadly mudslides, they said. Local authorities said they were on alert and watching out for any signs of landslides or flooding, as the houses most vulnerable to hurricanes and storms are built with poor materials and are largely homes to some of the poorest indigenous communities. The National Hurricane Center warned authorities along the coastal communities across the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and the shores of Central America to be alert to massive sea swells and potential flash floods as long as the three storms move through the region simultaneously. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Forklift Parts Manufacturer , Gasoline Forklift Truck Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits LPG Forklift Truck.
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