Mexican authorities forecast up to 39 named cyclones for 2021 on Wednesday, so the rainy season, again, "will be above average" after arriving on the earliest date on record.
Although the official start of the season is on May 15, tropical storm "Andrés" formed on May 9, making it "the earliest formation in the Pacific," said Blanca Jiménez, head of the National Water Commission (Conagua), at a press conference.
''The previous record was held by tropical storm ''Adrián ', which formed on May 10, 2017. In addition, this is the second consecutive year . . .
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