In the highest category of alert is the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) due to the transit of a tropical wave that within the next few hours could become a tropical storm and affect the The Caribbean Region.
According to the entity, the tropical storm warning was issued in coordination with the National Hurricane Center (NCH). This decision corresponds to the evolution of the system, which is moving west at an approximate speed of 39 kilometers per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h.
Against this background, according to ideas, It is “highly likely” that the winds will have tropical storm force – which is equivalent to intensities greater than 63 km / h – during the next few hours in the eastern and central Caribbean Sea and on the coast of Magdalena and La Guajira.