Narda, a tropical storm that formed in the Pacific Ocean, evolved to Hurricane Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, so its cloud bands will maintain very strong and intense rains in the next hours in western Mexico, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported on Tuesday.
In its most recent report, the SMN said that at 09:00 local time (15:00 GMT), Narda was located approximately 475 kilometers (km) southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, already 480 km to the south-southwest of Playa Péro, Jalisco.
In addition, the phenomenon records maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour (km/h), streaks of 170 km/hy displacement to the west to 20 km/h.
According to the report, Nuba cloudy detachment will cause very strong rains (from 50 to 75 millimeters (mm)) in Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán, as well as wind gusts of 40 to 60 km/hy wave of 2.5 to 3.5 meters high on the coasts of those states.
MOST CONTEXT: Tropical Narda Storm continues to intensify; foresee intense rains in these states
They alert for heavy rains by Hurricane Narda
The service explained that the rains could be accompanied by electrical discharges and hail, as well as generating flooding, landslides and floods in low areas of the aforementioned states.
“Likewise, the expected winds could demolish trees and advertisements, so the population is urged to meet the notices of the National Meteorological Service, of the National Water Commission, follow the Civil Protection recommendations, and extreme precautions before the wind and elevated waves,” said the statement.
Mexico foresees up to twenty cyclones with a name in the Pacific during the current season, of which between four and six could reach categories 3, 4 or even 5.
So far twelve storms have been formed in the Mexican Pacific: Alvin, Bárbara, Cosme, Dalila, Erick, Flossie, Gil, Henriette, Ivo, Juliette, Lorena and Kiko.
The most recent hurricane registered in the country was Erick, who touched land in southern Mexico on June 19 as hurricane category 3 and caused the death of a minor and damage mainly in Oaxaca and Guerrero, where it caused the fall of trees and various effects in electrical and housing infrastructure.
With EFE information
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