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How Hurricane Grace will affect the Gulf Coast this weekend
Houston might be out of Hurricane Grace’s crosshair, but we’re not out of the woods entirely.
The storm is expected to hit Central Mexico in the coming days, missing Houston and Southeast Texas by hundreds of miles. But that doesn’t mean we won’t feel the effects of the storm, which could cause hazardous rip currents and tall waves along the Gulf Coast.
High tide Friday and Saturday could also lead to minor coastal flooding, according to the National Weather Service.
Meteorologists say this could be dangerous for those in the water or visiting the coast this weekend. Anyone caught in rip current should swim parallel to the coast until they’re able to swim ashore.
The hurricane is projected to make landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula early Thursday morning and weaken to a tropical storm. It will move into the Bay of Campeche on Friday, regain strength into a hurricane once again and slam into eastern Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Hurricane Grace is the seventh named storm of the 2021 season, and an eighth – Tropical Storm Henri – is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and die out hundreds of miles off the East Coast.
This season is predicted to be active, according to the hurricane center.
In total, meteorologists predict 15 to 21 named storms. Of those, seven to 10 are thought to become hurricanes, while including three to five major hurricanes.
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