Hurricane Nora was strengthening this Saturday in the Pacific near the coast of Mexico, causing torrential rains in the states of Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán, said the American Hurricane Center (NHC) and Mexican authorities.
The heart of Nora, a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale which has 5, (out of 5) was heading towards the state of Jalisco, according to the Center.
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At 6:00 p.m. GMT on Saturday, the hurricane was 155 km from Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco state, and 645 km from Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, and was moving at 19 km / h, accompanied by winds. violent blowing at 140 km / h, according to the American Hurricane Center. Nora will move closer to the coasts of Mexico and could during the night from Saturday to Sunday "be very close" to the western part of the state of Jalisco, the Center has warned. The hurricane will approach the mouth of the Gulf of California on Sunday, the organization added.
Conagua, Mexico's meteorological agency, has warned that Nora will continue to bring "torrential" precipitation of 150 to 250mm and waves of up to 4 to 6 meters in the states of Colima, Jalisco and Michoacán. A week ago, Mexico was hit by Hurricane Grace, which made landfall in Veracruz (east) as a Category 3 hurricane. Grace's passage killed eleven people in this state and in that state. of Puebla (center).