Hurricane Trudy moved toward Mexico’s Pacific coast with a hurricane warning in effect, while Typhoon Champi intensified toward Guam.
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Hurricane Trudy moved toward southwestern and west-central areas of Mexico’s Pacific coast and could continue to strengthen through Saturday, forecasters said.
The storm’s centre is expected to approach the coast on Saturday and pass near it into Sunday.
A hurricane warning was in effect from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco.
On Friday night, Trudy was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph (150 kph).
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Trudy was about 240 miles (385 kilometres) west-southwest of Acapulco, in Guerrero, and about 215 miles (345 kilometres) south-southeast of Manzanillo, in Colima, moving northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).
Mexico’s navy urged maritime communities and coastal residents to take extreme caution due to high waves, heavy rains, and the risk of rising river levels, flooding and landslides in vulnerable areas.
Colima said risks were currently low, but warned the storm could bring significant rainfall that could have damaging effects because the ground is already saturated following successive storms.
Through the weekend, Trudy is expected to produce 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20 cm) of rain, with isolated higher totals around 15 inches.
In the Pacific, Typhoon Champi was intensifying and moving west toward Guam at 15 mph (23 kph), with maximum sustained winds increasing to 100 mph (160 kph), according to the U.S. Weather Service and the U.S. Navy’s Meteorology and Oceanography Command website.
A typhoon warning was issued for Guam and Rota, along with a tropical storm warning for Tinian, Saipan and nearby areas.
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