Nadine made landfall just hours after becoming a named storm, according to the latest storm report from Fox Weather.
Hurricane Nadine, previously named Tropical Depression 15 by the US National Hurricane Center, was just off the coast of Belize in the early morning of October 19.
As the storm makes landfall, a tropical storm warning is in effect from Belize City in Belize to Mexico's popular tourist destinations of Cancun and Cozumel.
Hurricane Nadine moved inland across Central America around noon on October 19, causing gusts of wind and heavy rain. Wind gusts of 82km/h were recorded in Cancun as Nadine approached on the morning of October 19.
Hurricane forecasters at the US National Hurricane Center said Nadine has the potential to cause devastating flooding.
Widespread heavy rains of 130-200mm are forecast across Belize, northern Guatemala and southern states of Mexico from Quintana Roo to veracruz early next week.
According to Fox Weather's latest forecast, the latest storm of the Atlantic hurricane season following Hurricane Milton will gradually weaken as it moves across northern Guatemala and southeastern Mexico.
"Nadine is not a long-lived tropical storm. Typhoon forecast models agree that Nadine will continue moving through southern Mexico and Central America, then end up in the eastern Pacific," Fox Weather forecaster Jane Minar said.
The latest storm of the 2024 hurricane season does not threaten the United States. The New York Times said the storm is expected to bring heavy rain to Mexico, Belize and Guatemala this weekend.
Hurricane Nadine formed in the northwest Caribbean Sea, near Belize, late on October 18, becoming the 14th named storm of this year's Atlantic hurricane season.
Although Nadine is a short-lived storm, forecasters have warned of heavy rain as it makes landfall.
Shortly after Nadine, the US National Hurricane Center is expected to issue a tropical storm advisory for Oscar soon, a potential storm with a 90% chance of forming and approaching the Turks and Caicos Islands, according to Fox 35's latest hurricane report. At 9:15 a.m. on October 19, Oscar - then known as Invest 94L - was less than 100 miles east of the archipelago.
Fox 35 meteorologist Brooks Garner said Oscar is not a threat to Florida, USA, as it is being blocked and pushed away by the cold front. However, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the southeastern Bahamas and eastern Cuba should monitor developments as the storm develops.
In the 2024 hurricane season forecast, forecasters said that this is a severe hurricane season in the Atlantic. After a long lull at the start of the season, since September 9, storms have formed in the basin, with six of them being hurricanes. Several, such as Kirk and Leslie, formed and strengthened offshore, but three strong storms have made landfall in the US.
First, Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm. Then, Hurricane Helene made landfall in Florida's Big Bend in late September, bringing catastrophic rains to the Appalachians. Two weeks later, Hurricane Milton swept through Florida and became the fifth storm to make landfall along the Gulf Coast this year.
