The passage of Hurricane
Nora
in western Mexico it has caused at least one death and has left floods, landslides and destroyed buildings.
The deceased is a 13-year-old teenager who was missing after the partial collapse of a hotel in Puerto Vallarta, in the state of Jalisco.
The body of the minor, a Spanish national, was found this Sunday, according to state authorities.
Nora
, which made landfall on Saturday as a category 1 hurricane and this Monday degraded to low remaining pressure, has also left a missing woman and one injured, as reported by the Government on Monday in the morning conference.
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The cyclone formed on August 25 over the Pacific coast. In its history, it has touched six states and affected 44 municipalities, according to the authorities. This Saturday at four in the morning it became a category 1 hurricane and that same day it made landfall at night in Puerto Vallarta, a tourist city in which it caused heavy rains, floods and landslides. The partial collapse of the hotel that caused the death of the minor, in the center of Puerto Vallarta, occurred due to the overflow of the Cuale River, according to the State Governor, Enrique Alfaro, on social networks. "To his family, who came to our port from Spain seven years ago, and to his loved ones, all our support and our deepest condolences," added the politician.
As I informed you, last night in Puerto Vallarta, during the passage of hurricane #Nora, a minor and a woman disappeared.
The @G GobiernoJalisco and the municipality activated a USAR group cell for their search.
Unfortunately, the minor has been found dead.
- Enrique Alfaro (@EnriqueAlfaroR) August 29, 2021
State authorities continue the search for a woman who was dragged in her vehicle also by the overflow of the Cuale river and the evaluation of damage in the affected municipalities, where 16 temporary shelters have been set up to care for those affected. The cyclone degraded to a tropical storm on Sunday and, although it has already weakened to low remaining pressure, the National Meteorological Service foresees torrential rains for this Monday in Sinaloa, where it is currently located; Intense precipitations in areas of Chihuahua, Durango, Guerrero and Sonora, and very strong in Chiapas, State of Mexico, Guanajuato, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz and Zacatecas.
#BuenLunes! ⛅️
The remnants of #Nora will remain over the northwest of # México, causing #Torrential rains in #Sinaloa, and intense punctuals in #Sonora, #Chihuahua and #Durango.
Check all the details for # México in the league: https://t.co/R8Yan9e9Pd pic.twitter.com/FiH7j7yxpp
- CONAGUA Climate (@conagua_clima) August 30, 2021
The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) is working to restore electricity to 355,092 users without electricity in the states of Michoacán, Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit.
Laura Velázquez Alzúa, national coordinator of Civil Protection, assured this Monday in the morning conference that the restoration of the service reaches 86% and that in the next 24 hours it will be restored to 100%.
In this hurricane season, which began in June and ends in November, 14 cyclones have formed in the Pacific.
In the Atlantic, there have been nine so far: before the formation of
Ida
, which passed through the Gulf of Mexico, caused the death of a man in the United States and is heading to New Orleans this Monday,
Grace
impacted Mexico
, who left eight dead in Veracruz and three in Puebla.
The Government started a "house by house" census to determine the damage and assist those affected in more than 24 municipalities who need "urgent" attention.
Last May, the National Water Commission (Conagua) predicted the formation of between 14 and 20 named systems in the Pacific Ocean for this season, while for the Atlantic it predicted 15 to 19 meteorological phenomena.
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