Norma turns into a major hurricane in the last hours, at the top of category 3 of the Saffir Simpson ladder, on its way to the Mexican Pacific in the direction of the tourist destination of Los Cabos, near the Jueves at the National Huracan Center (NHC). , for its acronyms in English).
At 6:00 a.m. local time (12:00 GMT), the center of the tropical cyclone was about 410 kilometers west-southwest of Manzanillo – the most important port on Mexico’s west coast – with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour (km/h). h).h), and a movement towards the north at 9 km/h.
“Major Hurricane Norma is moving northward,” the Miami-based NHC said. “Heavy rain and flooding are expected in southern Baja California Sur this weekend,” he added.
Norma is expected to make landfall this weekend on the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, home to popular tourist destinations such as Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, frequented primarily by Canadian and American tourists.
Hurricane Norma will cause occasional intense rains in Jalisco and Colima, as well as very heavy rains in Nayarit, Michoacán and Guerrero, which could increase the levels of rivers and streams and cause landslides and flooding in these entities, Conagua reported.
Last week, heavy rains and winds caused by Hurricane Lidia caused several complications in Mexico and left one person dead.
With information from Reuters.
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