Hurricane Simon Lashes Mexico's Pacific Coast, Threatens Landfall
The Category 3 storm is expected to bring up to 30 inches of rain and dangerous flooding as it tracks slowly inland, forecasters said.
- On Monday, Hurricane Simon lashed Mexico's Pacific coast with severe winds and heavy rain, threatening landfall this week as the National Hurricane Center classified it a Category 3 hurricane.
- Packing 115 mph sustained winds, Simon remained positioned roughly 50 miles off Cabo Corrientes, with the powerful El Nino phenomenon weakening wind shear and allowing the storm to maintain strength.
- The National Hurricane Center forecasts 2 to 4 inches of rain across coastal areas, with isolated totals reaching 30 inches in parts of Michoacan, Colima, and Jalisco.
- Emergency teams including the Mexican Army and Red Cross responded to flooding in Cihuatlan and Manzanillo; resident Maria Elena Vazquez reported, "Everything got flooded" as water rose to her ankles.
- Forecasters expect Simon "to move inland across west-central Mexico around midweek," with the National Hurricane Center warning that "dangerous winds and flooding rains continue along the coast.
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Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico’s Pacific coast, threatening landfall
Hurricane Simon was packing maximum sustained winds of 185km per hour while located around 75km off Cabo Corrientes in Mexico's Jalisco state early Monday. (EPA Images pic)MIAMI: Hurricane Simon lashed Mexico's Pacific coast with severe winds and heavy rain on Monday, as it threatens to make landfall this week, according to the US National Hurricane Center.The hurricane – downgraded a notch to Category 3 strength on the five-point Saffir-Simpson…
Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico's Pacific coast, threatens landfall
The hurricane -- downgraded a notch to Category 3 strength on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale -- was moving slowly and remained dangerous. Simon is expected "to move inland across west-central Mexico around midweek," the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory. "Dangerous winds and flooding rains continue along the coast," it said. Simon was packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles (185 km) per hour while located a…
By CNN en Español Hurricane Simon, which weakened to category 3 this Sunday night, continues off the coast of the Mexican Pacific and threatens several communities and tourist destinations so the authorities asked the population to remain safe from the risk of heavy rains, intense winds and high waves. Simon changed his trajectory and is expected to stay longer off the coast of Jalisco, at the height of Cabo Corrientes, in western Mexico, until …
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