Hurricane Priscilla that emerged as a tropical storm in the Mexican Pacific, has intensified on Tuesday morning category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson scale and will cause intense rains in three states of the country, as reported by the National Meteorological Service (SMN) of Mexico.
In a statement, the agency, under the National Water Commission (Conagua), has specified at 06:00 local time that the center of the hurricane was located 370 kilometers (km) to the south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur and 415 km to the west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco.
The phenomenon records maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour (km/h), streaks of 195 km/hy traces northwest at 17 km/h.
“Its cloudy detachments will generate heavy rains (from 75 to 150 millimeters (mm)) in the south of Baja California Sur, the center and southern Sinaloa and the north and the center of Nayarit; strong (from 25 to 50 mm) in Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán,” says the SMN.
In addition, Priscilla will generate winds of 60 to 70 km/h with gusts of 80 to 100 km/h in the south of Baja California Sur; Wind 20 to 30 km/h with gusts of 40 to 60 km/h on the coast of Jalisco, and 10 to 25 km/h with gusts of 30 to 50 km/h on the coast of Sinaloa, Nayarit, Colima and Michoacán.
Wave 5 to 6 meters (m) high in the south of Baja California Sur, 3 to 4 m high in Nayarit and Jalisco coast, and 2 to 3 m high in coast of Sinaloa, Colima and Michoacán.
Therefore, the SMN has established a surveillance zone for tropical storm effects from Cabo San Lucas to Cabo San Lázaro, in Baja California Sur.
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According to the forecasts, Priscilla will remain as a category 2 hurricane and will weaken between Wednesday and Thursday to become a tropical storm.
The rains could be with electrical discharges and generate flooding, landslides and floods in low areas of the aforementioned states.
In addition, the expected winds could demolish trees and advertisements, so the authorities urge the population to meet the SMN notices, follow civil protection recommendations, and extreme precautions before the wind and elevated waves.
So far 16 storms have formed in the Mexican Pacific: Alvin, Barbara, Cosme, Dalila, Erick, Flossie, Gil, Henriette, Ivo, Juliette, Kiko, Lorena, Mario and Narda, Octave and Priscilla.
Mexico predicts the formation of up to 20 cyclones with name in the Mexican Pacific during the current season, of which between four and six could reach categories 3, 4 or even 5.
The last hurricane that hit the country was Erick, who touched land in southern Mexico on June 19 as category 3 and caused damage to Oaxaca and Guerrero, where a minor died and left effects on electrical infrastructure, homes and trees.
With EFE information
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