translated from Spanish: Hurricane ‘Grace’ touches down in Tulum, Quintana Roo

Hurricane ‘Grace’, Category 1, made landfall early Thursday morning south of Tulum, Quintana Roo.
At 4:45 a.m., ‘Grace’ entered the national territory with maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour, reported the National Water Commission (Conagua).
The passage of the hurricane will cause torrential rains with accumulated more than 250 millimeters in Quintana Roo and Yucatan during the next 24 hours, and more than 150 millimeters in Campeche.

As well as strong winds with gusts of 120 to 150 kilometers per hour and waves of 3 to 5 meters in the first two entities, as well as storm surge on the coast of Quintana Roo and the north coast of Yucatan.

#AvisoMeteorológico El #Huracán #Grace made landfall early this morning, south of Tulum, #QuintanaRoo. Learn more at ⬇️https://t.co/MMH5mu1LH3 pic.twitter.com/c9JtSBIMuq
— CONAGUA Clima (@conagua_clima) August 19, 2021

In a statement, Conagua reported that over the course of this Thursday, ‘Grace’ will be downgraded to a tropical storm as it moves over Yucatan; however, during the night it will enter the Gulf of Mexico where it will again intensify to a Category 1 hurricane, a force with which it will impact again, this time off the coast of Veracruz.

The governor of Quintana Roo, Carlos Joaquin Gonzalez, reported that so far the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reports at the moment 84 thousand users without electricity in Cancun and 65 thousand in Playa del Carmen, Cozumel and Tulum.

The @CFEmx reports at the moment 84 thousand users without electricity in #Cancun and 65 thousand in #PlayaDelCarmen #Cozumel and #Tulum, as soon as the weather allows it, the works of restoration of electrical energy will begin.
— Carlos Joaquín (@CarlosJoaquin) August 19, 2021

The rains could cause increased levels of rivers and streams, and flooding in low-lying areas, so the population of the aforementioned states and maritime navigation are urged to heed the warnings of the Service
National Meteorological (SMN) of Conagua and follow the indications of the state, municipal and Civil Protection authorities.
As well as extreme precautions in the areas of the states mentioned by rain, wind and high waves.
Shelters 
Authorities in Quintana Roo issued a red alert for the municipalities of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Tulum, Solidaridad, Puerto Morelos, Benito Juarez, Lazaro Cardenas, Isla Mujeres and Cozumel.
The municipalities of José María Morelos, Othón P. Blanco and Bacalar are on orange alert, of high danger.
Available shelters are being broadcast on official state government channels.

Before the arrival of a phenomenon, locate your nearest shelter, have a #MochilaDeEmergencia on hand, review the conditions of your #Vivienda and follow the recommendations of Civil Protection.
Here we leave you the list of the shelters of first opening for your municipality. pic.twitter.com/OV3S4WOFg9
— State Coordination of Civil Protection QRoo (@ProtCivil_QRoo) August 17, 2021

Before the arrival of a phenomenon, locate your nearest shelter, have a #MochilaDeEmergencia on hand, review the conditions of your #Vivienda and follow the recommendations of Civil Protection.
Here we leave you the list of the shelters of first opening for your municipality. pic.twitter.com/DWKBp4dh7d
— State Coordination of Civil Protection QRoo (@ProtCivil_QRoo) August 17, 2021

Before the arrival of a phenomenon, locate your nearest shelter, have a #MochilaDeEmergencia on hand, review the conditions of your #Vivienda and follow the recommendations of Civil Protection.
Here we leave you the list of the shelters of first opening for your municipality. pic.twitter.com/MKFBuQpRhJ
— State Coordination of Civil Protection QRoo (@ProtCivil_QRoo) August 17, 2021

Before the arrival of a phenomenon, locate your nearest shelter, have a #MochilaDeEmergencia on hand, review the conditions of your #Vivienda and follow the recommendations of Civil Protection.
Here we leave you the list of the shelters of first opening for your municipality. pic.twitter.com/SKIWevO1Wx
— State Coordination of Civil Protection QRoo (@ProtCivil_QRoo) August 17, 2021

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Original source in Spanish