:Tropical Storm Chris (2024)

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The origins of Chris were traced to a low-latitude tropical wave emerged off the coast of West Africa on June 20 and entered the tropical Atlantic. The wave moved rapidly westward at forward of speeds of approximately 20 to 25 knots (23 to 29 mph).{{Cite report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL032024_Chris.pdf|title=Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Chris|author1=Robbie Berg|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=August 13, 2024|access-date=August 15, 2024}} The National Hurricane Center (NHC) first began to monitor this tropical wave for potential tropical cyclogenesis at 18:00 UTC on June 24.{{cite report|last1=Hagen|first1=Andrew|last2=Pasch|first2=Richard|date=June 24, 2024|title=Tropical Weather Outlook|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/xgtwo/gtwo_archive.php?current_issuance=202406241754&basin=atl&fdays=7|publisher=National Hurricane Center|location=Miami, Florida|language=en-US|access-date=June 29, 2024}} Crossing the Windward Islands on June 25, the wave entered the Caribbean Sea. Although it produced convective activity, it was rather disorganized due to the storm's quick forward motion and the effects of strong deep-layer westerly wind shear. The wave moved westward across the Caribbean Sea, struggling to develop any signs of organization, before it crossed the Yucatán Peninsula and entered the Bay of Campeche during the early hours of June 30. After a Hurricane Hunters reconnaissance flight found sufficient organization at 18:00 UTC on June 30, the low pressure area was declared Tropical Depression Three, while located roughly 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Veracruz, Mexico.{{Cite report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2024/al03/al032024.discus.001.shtml?|title=Tropical Depression Three Discussion Number One|author1=Dave Roberts|publisher=National Hurricane Center|date=June 30, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|location=Miami, Florida}}

Around this time, curved bands began to form and a large burst of convection developed close to the circulation center. Within a conducive environment, the depression was given a small window to intensify prior to landfall in Mexico. The storm was steered westward as it moved along the southern periphery of a mid-tropospheric ridge over the north-central Gulf Coast of the United States. Around six hours later, at 00:00 UTC on July 1, another Hurricane Hunters reconnaissance flight found sustained tropical-storm force winds in the cyclone, allowing the NHC to upgrade the system to Tropical Storm Chris.{{Cite report|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2024/al03/al032024.discus.002.shtml?|title=Tropical Storm Chris Discussion Number 2|author1=Richard Pasch|publisher=National Hurricane Center|location=Miami, Florida|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} With an increase in convection on the eastern quadrant of the storm, Chris attained its peak intensity with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 1005 mbar (29.68 inHg), as it moved ashore on the Mexican coastline near Alto Lucero, Veracruz, at around 03:00 UTC that day. During this time, most of the storm's highest winds were displaced to the east of the center.{{Citation|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2024/al03/al032024.discus.003.shtml?|title=Tropical Storm Chris Discussion Number 3|author1=Lisa Bucci|date=July 1, 2021|access-date=July 10, 2024|location=Miami, Florida|publisher=National Hurricane Center}} Chris rapidly weakened over the mountainous terrain of eastern Mexico, with the circulation of the storm dissipating by 12:00 UTC.

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Ahead of Chris's impacts in Mexico, the Government of Mexico issued a tropical storm warning from Cabo Rojo to Puerto Veracruz.{{Cite news|url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/chris-pushing-inland-over-mexico-with-heavy-rain-and-flooding/1664239/amp|title=Chris pushing inland over Mexico with heavy rain and flooding|author1=Monica Danielle|newspaper=Accuweather|date=June 30, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional asked residents and tourists to heed weather warnings issued by authorities and noted the threat of heavy rainfall and rough waves.{{Cite news|url=https://www.infobae.com/america/agencias/2024/07/01/la-depresion-tropical-tres-evoluciona-a-la-tormenta-chris-sobre-el-golfo-de-mexico/?outputType=amp-type|language=Spanish|title=La depresión tropical 'Tres' evoluciona a la tormenta 'Chris' sobre el Golfo de México|author1=Staff Writer|newspaper=Infobae|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} A yellow alert was issued for northern and central Veracruz. The remainder of Veracruz, northern and eastern Hidalgo, northern Puebla, southeastern San Luis Potosí, and southeastern Tamaulipas were placed under a green alert. A blue alert was in effect for remaining parts of Hidalgo and Puebla, as well as parts of Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, and Tabasco.{{Cite news|url=https://es-us.noticias.yahoo.com/tormenta-tropical-chris-pone-alerta-224200212.html|title=Tormenta Tropical "Chris" pone en alerta a 9 estados|newspaper=El Universal|publisher=Yahoo! Noticias|date=June 30, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} Classes were suspended in 41 municipalities in Veracruz.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/07/01/estados/tormenta-tropical-chris-toca-tierra-en-veracruz-9361|title=Tormenta tropical 'Chris' toca tierra en Veracruz; lluvias torrenciales en otras cuatro entidades|author1=Ivaán Sánchez|newspaper=La Jornada|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} The government of Veracruz opened nine emergency shelters, which housed 86 people.{{cite report|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/grenada/latin-america-caribbean-2024-atlantic-hurricane-season-snapshot-1-2-july-2024|title=Latin America & The Caribbean 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season - Snapshot #1 (as of 2 July 2024)|publisher=ReliefWeb|date=July 2, 2024|work=United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|accessdate=July 3, 2024}}

As Chris moved ashore in Veracruz, a peak precipitation amount of 11.5 in (292 mm) was recorded in Acatlán.{{Cite news|url=https://www.alcalorpolitico.com/informacion/por-chris-lluvias-de-casi-300-milimetros-en-zonas-de-montania-de-veracruz-408771.html|title=Por "Chris", lluvias de casi 300 milímetros en zonas de montaña de Veracruz|newspaper=Al Calor Politico|author1=Ángel Camarillo|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|location=Xalapa, Veracruz}} Flooding damaged close to 2,000 homes in Huilopan. Over 600 homes were damaged by mudslides in Cerro Gentil and Omiquila. A family in Xalapa was buried in their house by another mudslide.{{Cite news|url=https://www.unotv.com/estados/veracruz/veracruz-con-600-viviendas-afectadas-por-el-paso-de-chris/|title=Deslizamiento de tierra deja 600 viviendas afectadas en Veracruz tras el paso de Chris|author1=José Alor|newspaper=Uno TV|date=July 2, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} Across Xalapa, 58 colonias sustained damage; there were also 42 reports of fallen trees and 57 reports of mudslides. Four people had to be rescued and 50 residents were evacuated. The city recorded 9.8 in (250 mm) of rainfall within 24 hours.{{Cite news|url=https://www.diariodexalapa.com.mx/local/tormenta-tropical-chris-lista-de-colonias-de-xalapa-afectadas-12172746.html|title="Chris" afectó a 58 colonias de Xalapa; recuento de daños|author1=Miguel Salazar|newspaper=Diario de Xalapa|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} A mudslide in Tlilapan damaged approximately 200 homes and main roads connecting to two colonias. The overflow of a stream affected 765 households in Isla,{{Cite news|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/tormenta-tropical-chris-causa-estragos-en-veracruz-y-chiapas/|title=Tormenta tropical "Chris" causa estragos en Veracruz y Chiapas|author1=Édgar Pérez|newspaper=El Universal|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} accounting for most of the homes destroyed in Veracruz.{{cite news |author1=Emergency Response Coordination Centre |title=Mexico - Tropical storm CHRIS (CONAGUA Mexico, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 03 July 2024) |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/mexico/mexico-tropical-storm-chris-conagua-mexico-media-echo-daily-flash-03-july-2024 |via=ReliefWeb |access-date=July 13, 2024 |publisher=Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations |date=July 3, 2024}} A bridge was swept away by a torrent stream in Tenantitla, isolating residents of the nearby villages of Tolico and Zapata.{{Cite news|url=https://veracruzdailypost.com/2024/07/01/chris-leaves-rivers-of-mud-and-garbage-in-streets-of-veracruz-due-to-flooding-video/|title='Chris' leaves rivers of mud and garbage in streets of Veracruz due to flooding: VIDEO|publisher=Veracruz Daily Post|newspaper=Milenio|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} Following the storm, four police officers conducting damage surveys in Tepetlán drowned after their vehicle was swept away by the Río Seco and destroyed. The Xalapa-Veracruz highway was badly damaged from the storm. The government of Veracruz made payouts totaling MX$144 million (US$7.83 million) to repair the damage caused by the storm.{{Cite web |title=ASF da plazo a Cuitláhuac para aclarar daño patrimonial |url=https://da21w.e-veracruz.mx/nota/2024-11-08/politica/asf-da-plazo-cuitlahuac-para-aclarar-dano-patrimonial |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=da21w.e-veracruz.mx |language=es}} In Tamaulipas, Chris produced heavy rainfall, especially in the community of Ciudad Tula, which had already been affected by Tropical Storm Alberto earlier in the month, recording its highest 48-hour rainfall rate in nearly 50 years. Ground cracking was reported at an ejido in the town, expanding into houses on the property.{{Cite news|url=https://www.informador.mx/mexico/Tormenta-tropical-Chris-provoca-afectaciones-en-Veracruz-y-Chiapas-20240701-0153.html|title=Tormenta tropical 'Chris' provoca afectaciones en Veracruz y Chiapas|newspaper=Informador|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} In Tampico, a total of 5.7 in (144 mm) of rainfall occurred within a 12-hour period.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/07/01/estados/cientos-de-personas-incomunicadas-tras-12-horas-de-lluvia-en-tamaulipas-8952|title=Cientos de personas incomunicadas tras 12 horas de lluvia en Tamaulipas|newspaper=La Jornada|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} Flash floods knocked over fences and washed over streets. An unoccupied van was destroyed by a fallen fence in the Campbell district. A passenger bus with 15 occupants was nearly swept into a canal, requiring the rescue of all occupants. An elderly woman was fatally electrocuted in Tampico after attempting to clear water off her balcony. Flooding inundated homes and a hospital in Ciudad Madero and formed a sinkhole under a street in the Nuevo Progreso district. Residents of Ciudad Madero were warned to not venture onto flooded roads due to the potential presence of crocodiles from overflowed lagoons and canals.{{Cite news|url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/afectaciones-chris-en-tamaulipas-hoy-1-julio-en-vivo-ultimas-noticias|title=Afectaciones por depresión tropical 'Chris' en Tamaulipas HOY 1 julio |trans-title=Tropical Depression 'Chris' affects Tamaulipas TODAY July 1 |author1=Pablo Reyes|author2=Jesús García|author3=Agustín González|author4=Sandra Peña|newspaper=Milenio |date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish |quote=[...] por la presencia de cocodrilos que han salido a través de lagunas y canales por el desbordamiento de los mismos, recomendando no intentar pasar por calles que están completamente inundadas. }} A crocodile sighting, along with the weather conditions, forced the closure of a beach in the city.{{Cite news|url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/afectaciones-chris-en-tamaulipas-hoy-1-julio-en-vivo-ultimas-noticias|title=Afectaciones por depresión tropical 'Chris' en Tamaulipas HOY 1 julio |trans-title=Tropical Depression 'Chris' affects Tamaulipas TODAY July 1 |author1=Pablo Reyes|author2=Jesús García|author3=Agustín González|author4=Sandra Peña|newspaper=Milenio |date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish |quote=[...] pero sobre todo porque no han logrado capturar al cocodrilo que desde el domingo hizo aparición en la zona de bañistas. }} Six schools were closed in Ciudad Madero after floodwaters entered the facilities. Several roads across Tamaulipas were closed by the National Guard due to flooding or collapses. A total of 10,274 households statewide lost electricity due to the storm.{{Cite news|url=https://www.milenio.com/estados/afectaciones-chris-en-tamaulipas-hoy-1-julio-en-vivo-ultimas-noticias|title=Afectaciones por depresión tropical 'Chris' en Tamaulipas HOY 1 julio |trans-title=Tropical Depression 'Chris' affects Tamaulipas TODAY July 1 |author1=Pablo Reyes|author2=Jesús García|author3=Agustín González|author4=Sandra Peña|newspaper=Milenio |date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} The government of Tamaulipas spent MX$0.8–1 billion (US$43.5–54.4 million) to repair the damage caused by the storm.{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2024 |title=Chris amaina... pero Beryl ya es huracán 5 |url=http://boletin.org.mx/Noticia/chris-amaina-pero-beryl-ya-es-huracan-5 |access-date=December 19, 2024 |website=boletin.org.mx}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024}}

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In Hidalgo, a man was killed in San Salvador after a house was buried by a landslide. More than 200 residents in Yahualica had to be rescued by helicopter after a river overtopped its banks. River flooding inundated numerous homes and a clinic in Xochiatipan, affecting more than 20,000 people. The Cosapa River overflowed in Zacualtipán, resulting in the evacuation of 30 families. Several roads in Huehuetla were blocked by mudslides. Statewide, 26 municipalities reported impacts from mudslides.{{Cite news|url=https://hidalgo.periodicocentral.mx/hidalgo/suman-26-municipios-de-hidalgo-con-deslaves-por-tormenta-tropical-chris/36283/|title=Suman 26 municipios de Hidalgo con deslaves por tormenta tropical "Chris"|author1=América Castillo|newspaper=Central Hidalgo Irreverente|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} Heavy rainfall and flooding occurred due to Chris in Oaxaca, inundating streets in Tehuantepec. Power outages were reported in San Francisco del Mar and San Francisco Ixhuatán, where the Ostuta River began to rise. Classes were cancelled in En Juchitán after the Los Perros River began to rise as well.{{Cite news|url=https://www.unotv.com/estados/oaxaca/lluvias-causadas-por-chris-dejan-danos-en-oaxaca/|title=Lluvias causadas por Chris dejan daños en Oaxaca; siguen las alertas por las precipitaciones|newspaper=Uno TV|date=July 2, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} In Chiapas, the threat of mudslides triggered the evacuation of 645 people in Siltepec. The Tacuba River overflowed its banks in San Pedro Yocnavil, affecting 28 households. Two ejidos in Frontera Comalapa suffered roof damage to houses. Roof sheets were provided to these affected ejidos. The Tembembe River in Morelos began to rise in the municipalities of Miacatlán, Mazatepec, and Puente de Ixtla. River flooding inundated a few homes and streets in these municipalities.{{Cite news|url= https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/07/02/estados/lluvias-por-tormenta-2018chris2019-afectan-varios-municipios-de-morelos-2396|title=Lluvias por tormenta 'Chris' afectan varios municipios de Morelos|author1=Rubicela Cruz|newspaper=La Jornada|language=Spanish|date=July 2, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} In addition, overflowing ravines caused flooding and traffic disruptions in Miacatlan and Tetecala. A market in Zacatepec was submerged by floodwaters from heavy rainfall. Fences and trees were downed in Cuernavaca, Jiutepec, Miacatlán, and Tlaltizapán, which resulted in clogged drains. Waterlogging was also reported in these communities.{{Cite news|url=https://www.elgrafico.mx/al-dia/tormenta-tropical-chris-afectaciones-veracruz-hidalgo-morelos-san-luis-potosi-chiapas?amp|title=Tormenta "tropical" Chris provoca afectaciones en 5 estados, deslaves, desbordamientos e inundaciones|newspaper=El Gráfico|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} In the State of Mexico, the Mexico-Puebla Highway collapsed due to floods in Chalco de Díaz Covarrubias. The Circuito Exterior Mexiquense was also blocked by flooding between Texcoco and the municipalities of Nezahualcóyotl and Chimalhuacán. Classes at a technological university in Chimalhuacán were suspended due to inclement weather.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/07/01/sociedad/lluvia-afecta-principales-vialidades-en-zona-oriente-del-valle-de-mexico-847|title=Lluvia afecta principales vialidades en zona oriente del Valle de México|newspaper=La Jornada|author1=René Ramón|date=July 1, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} More than 1,500 homes in the Piedras Negras neighborhood of Chimalhuacán were inundated by floodwaters. The federal and state governments worked in conjunction to implement Plan DN-III to drain floodwaters in the neighborhood. The flood was blamed on the construction of an excavated lane by Mexibús. Contractors had failed to install enough drainage systems to prevent an overflow of Lake Texcoco into the excavated lane that led to neighborhoods nearby.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/07/02/estados/continuan-los-estragos-por-intensas-lluvias-en-el-edomex-5446|title=Continúan los estragos por fuertes lluvias en Chicoloapan, Edomex|author1=René Ramón|publisher=La Jornada|language=Spanish|date=July 2, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024}} Over 500 dwellings at two colonias in Chicoloapan were flooded. The Papalotla River overflowed its banks near San Salvador Atenco, inundating {{cvt|150|ha|acre|order=flip}} of cropland and flooding several homes.{{cite news |title=Tormenta Chris provoca daños en mil 500 viviendas en Veracruz |url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2024/07/02/estados/025n1est |access-date=July 13, 2024 |work=La Jornada |date=July 2, 2024 |location=Mexico City |language=es}}

By July 9, the accumulation of over two weeks of rainfall, including rain from Tropical Storm Chris, flooded a highway connecting Neza and Ecatepec in the State of Mexico, which lacked any form of drainage. To alleviate travel disruptions caused by the standing water, three water pumps and a 100-meter (328 ft) long hose were brought to remove the 60,000 liters (15,850 gallons) of water.{{Cite news|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/noticia/2024/07/09/estados/operadoras-desalojan-por-cuenta-propia-agua-estancada-en-periferico-oriente-9510|title=Operadores vacían, por cuenta propia, agua estancada en Periférico Oriente|author1=René Ramón|newspaper=La Jornada|date=July 9, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} Tourist services in Tecolutla, Veracruz, complained to local city council about a large pile of debris remaining from Chris, that posed a danger to tourists and forced the closure of nearby businesses. Although officials and residents of Tecolutla attempted to clear the debris, it was deemed too large and could not be cleared enough to reopen nearby businesses.{{Cite news|url= https://imagendelgolfo.mx/estado/tras-tormenta-tropical-chris-palizada-en-tecolutla-pone-en-riesgo-a-turistas-/50547606|title=Tras tormenta tropical Chris, palizada en Tecolutla pone en riesgo a turistas|author1=Jesús Ruíz|location=Xalapa, Veracruz|newspaper=Imagen Del Golfo|date=July 9, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|language=Spanish}} Food and personal hygiene supplies were distributed to 100 families affected by the storm in Huehuetán, in the coastal region of Chiapas, whom were also placed in shelters. The civil protection of Cuyoaco, Puebla, distributed gallons of bleach, cleaning kits, hygiene kits, mats, and blankets to 75 individuals affected by power outages. Municipal authorities also used machinery to clear roads of debris and mud.{{Cite news|url=https://www.quinceminutos.mx/post/cuyoaco-15-familias-afectadas-por-el-paso-de-la-tormenta-tropical-chris|title=Cuyoaco: 15 familias afectadas por el paso de la Tormenta Tropical "Chris"|work=Quinceminutos.MX|date=July 3, 2024|access-date=August 15, 2024|language=Spanish}} Estimates from AON place damage totals from Chris in the millions of dollars.

• Weather of 2024
• Tropical cyclones in 2024
• Other storms of the same name
• Tropical Storm Bret (2005)
• Tropical Storm Jose (2005)
• Tropical Storm Marco (2008)
• Tropical Storm Helene (2012)
• Tropical Storm Fernand (2013)

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• The NHC's [https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2024/CHRIS.shtml Advisory Archive on Tropical Storm Chris]

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