Hurricane Trudy battered parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast on Sunday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds as a hurricane warning remained in effect.
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Hurricane Trudy lashed parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast with heavy rain and strong winds on Sunday, while the U.S. National Hurricane Center warned about potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
A hurricane warning remained in effect from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco.
The latest NHC data showed Trudy as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph) about 135 miles (215 kilometers) south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes and 115 miles (185 kilometers) west-southwest of Manzanillo, moving northwest at 10 mph (17 kph).
Trudy’s centre was expected to remain near the Mexican coast through Sunday evening before moving south of the Baja California Peninsula. A tropical storm warning remained in effect for Las Islas Marias, while a warning for the coast east of Punta San Telmo to Lázaro Cárdenas had been discontinued.
Mexico’s navy urged mariners and coastal residents to exercise extreme caution because of high waves and heavy rain, along with the risk of rising rivers, flooding and landslides in vulnerable areas.
Colima authorities said the risks remained low, but warned that heavy rainfall could still cause damage because the ground was already saturated by successive storms along the Pacific coast.
The hurricane centre warned of potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas with steep terrain, and said Trudy was expected to bring 4–8 inches (10–20 centimetres) of rain through the weekend, with isolated totals around 12 inches (30 centimetres) along and near the coast in Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco.
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