Historic trajectories of tropical cyclons that hit Veracruz state from 1930 to 2005

Authors

  • Mario Gómez Ramírez

Keywords:

Tropical cyclone, disaster, impacted, coastal line, path, vulnerability

Abstract

The coastal location of Mexico, are mainly exposed each season to the risk of being affected by the tropical cyclons. In this case the one concerning the east coast of the country of Mexico where the state of Veracruz it's located. Trough the century Veracruz population, it's economy and his own environment have experience the ravaging effects of the natural disasters that are caused by the tropical cyclons and specially when there is loss of human life’s. The origin of this phenomena of outraging strength that hit Veracruz are part of the warm tropical water of the north Atlantic, Caribbean sea and Golf of Mexico, that experience many paths and different intensities. The topic it's based through the analysis and reconstruction of weather maps of each cyclonical paths that touched the coast of Veracruz from 1930 to 2005. In this period of time different historical and social events took place.

Published

2007-05-02