What is Hurricane Grace?
'''Hurricane Grace''' was a very strong Category 3 [[Atlantic hurricane]] in the western [[Bay of Campeche]]. Grace intensified into a [[tropical cyclone|major hurricane]] on the evening of August 21, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grace Becomes a Major Hurricane and Barrels Toward Mexico's Gulf Coast|publisher=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/hurricane-grace-strengthens-bears-down-mexicos-gulf-coast-2021-08-20|access-date=August 20, 2021}}</ref> The storm was predicted to move into eastern [[Mexico]] near [[Veracruz]] state late Friday night August 20 or early Saturday morning August 21.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hurricane Grace Closes on Mexican Gulf Coast as Category Three Storm|publisher=Spectrum Local News|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triad/ap-top-news/2021/08/21/hurricane-grace-closes-on-mexicos-gulf-coast-as-cat-3-storm|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> Before moving toward Mexico, Grace came ashore near [[Barahona, Dominican Republic|Barahona in the southwest Dominican Republic]] as a strong tropical depression in the early afternoon of Monday, August 16.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tropical Depression Grace|publisher=National Hurricane Center|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2021/al07/al072021.public.013.shtml?|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> The storm brushed [[Haiti]] the following day. This interfered with the rescue operation after the [[2021 Haiti earthquake|then-recent earthquake]] that struck the country three days before.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Haiti Earthquake: Tropical Storm Grace Hampers Rescue Operations|date=15 August 2021 |publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-58222888|access-date=August 21, 2021}}</ref> Just before 2am [[Atlantic Standard Time Zone|Atlantic Standard Time]] on August 17, Grace intensified back to a tropical storm Grace made its first Mexican strike in [[Quintana Roo]] near Tulum on the Mexican [[Yucatán Peninsula]] on the morning of Thursday, August 19 with winds near eighty [[miles per hour]] around 4:45 am [[Central