Does tropical storm Julia represent a risk for Venezuela?

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Caracas.- The passage of Tropical Storm Julia, which will strengthen in the next few hours until it becomes a hurricane, does not represent a risk for Venezuela, reported this Saturday, October 8, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inameh).

Through a post on Twitter, the institute indicated that This system is located in the western Caribbean, 375 kilometers from the island of Providencia., Colombia. It has maximum sustained winds of 95 kilometers per hour and is moving west at 30 kilometers per hour.

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For his part, the professor and researcher of the Department of Hydrometeorological Engineering of the Central University of Venezuela (UCV), Valdemar Andrade, highlighted that, depending on the dynamics of Julia, a remnant would be expected in the country.

“(…) rainy light, perhaps without electrical discharges, and partly cloudy skies. That basically would be what is associated with tropical storm Julia, depending on the dynamics we may have a final phase, but with a very low probability, “he told the whistle.

The track forecast from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) indicates that the center of Julia will pass near or over the Colombian archipelago San Andrés tonight. On Sunday, October 9, in the morning, it will reach the coast of Nicaragua.

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The last Inameh report published at 6:30 pm this Saturday 8 forecast rains with electric shocks and gusts of wind in: Merida, Falcon, Yaracuy, Carabobo, Aragua, Capital District, Miranda, Anzoategui, Sucre, Monagas and Amacuro Delta.

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Professor Andrade added that the period of rainfall in the country will last until the end of October. In this month the maximum levels of daily rain will also be recorded.

Rainfall in the country has increased in recent weeks due to the passage of a tropical depression, which means a greater impact of the phenomenon on the country, especially in western areas.

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