Rulewhich in the last hours became a major hurricanecontinued to strengthen on Thursday as it moved across the Mexican Pacific towards the tourist destination of Los Cabos, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
At 09:00 local time (1500 GMT) the center of the cyclone was about 390 kilometers west-southwest of Manzanillo – the most important port on the western coast of Mexico -, with maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour (km/h). ), which raised it to category 4 on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, and a movement towards the north at 11 km/h.
“Heavy rain and flooding are expected in the southern part of Baja California Sur during the weekend,” said the NHC, which is based in Miami. “Air Force hurricane hunters will investigate Major Hurricane Norma later today,” he added.
Norma is expected to make landfall on Saturday at 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.
“Precipitation could be with electric shocks and generate landslides, increases in the levels of rivers and streams, overflows and flooding in low areas of the aforementioned states”The National Water Commission of Mexico reported Thursday night.
Last week, heavy rains and winds from Hurricane Lidia caused several complications in Mexico and one death.
Source: Gestion
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