Hurricane Trudy moved parallel to Mexico’s western coast yesterday, threatening further rain and strong winds in a region already battered in recent weeks by storms that left behind several deaths and severe flooding.
The storm, located about 480km south-southwest of beach town Acapulco, packed maximum sustained winds of 120kph and is moving northwest, the US-based National Hurricane Centre said in a morning advisory.
Trudy, a Category 1 hurricane, is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane today.
The storm is then expected to approach Mexico’s Pacific coast with heavy rains forecast in the states of Colima and Jalisco, increasing the risk of life-threatening flooding and landslides, the NHC and Mexican authorities warned.
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