VERACRUZ, Mexico?? A weakened Tropical Storm Nate made landfall on Mexico's Gulf coast Sunday, where officials opened shelters as a precaution but said the storm was having little impact.
Nate hit just before noon local time (1 p.m. EDT; 1700 GMT) north of Barra de Nautla in the state of Veracruz, where Gov. Javier Duarte said there were no reports of damage or injuries and rivers remained below risk level.
Meanwhile, an intensified air and sea search failed to turn up 10 oil workers who went missing Thursday, and there was no word from a dozen fishermen who disappeared aboard two shrimp boats Friday.
Video: Historic floods swallowing homes in NortheastNate continued moving west at 9 mph (15 kph) with winds of 45 mph (75 kph). It was expected to weaken to a tropical depression later Sunday, said the U.S. Hurricane Center in Miami.
Of more than 2,200 shelters set up by the state, only two were in use, housing little more than 50 people, civil protection authorities said.
In the city of Antigua, about 15 miles (25 kilometers) north of Veracruz, Mayor Arturo Navarrete told radio station XEU that there was light rain and very little wind.
Authorities said they still had found no sign of 10 oil workers who abandoned their disabled liftboat for an enclosed life raft in the storm Thursday. The employees of Houston-based Geokinetics Inc. called for help Thursday afternoon after leaving a vessel known as Trinity II around midday. The missing include four U.S. workers, four Mexican workers, one worker from Kazakhstan and a 10th of unconfirmed nationality.
A liftboat can lower legs to the sea floor and then elevate itself above the water level. This one was being used as a recording vessel and housing for the crew, and it was in waters about 25 feet (8 meters) deep.
The Mexican navy said Friday night that sailors had reached the 94-foot (29-meter), 185-ton Trinity II but found no crew.
Geokinetics spokeswoman Brenda Taquino said the life raft was a sealed capsule containing enough food and water to last several days, but there was no way to communicate with it.
In the Caribbean on Sunday, Tropical Storm Maria was centered about 105 miles (170 kilometers) northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with winds that had strengthened to 60 mph (95 kph), the Hurricane Center said. It was moving northwest at about 10 mph (17 kph), toward the open Atlantic. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect, the center said.
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