A hurricane named Pamela was approaching Tuesday, October 12, the Pacific coast of Mexico (west) where it could make landfall on Wednesday, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
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At midday, the hurricane was 345 km off the Mexican peninsula of Baja California, with winds of 130 km / h.
"
Pamela
", which is moving at 20 km / h, could make landfall on Wednesday around 6 a.m. (12 p.m. GMT), with winds of force 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, on a maximum of 5. According to the NHC, the cyclone will sweep the Mexican state of Sinaloa (northwest), already on alert, according to the Mexican authorities.
The hurricane is then expected to weaken into a tropical storm as it continues northeast to Texas, in the southern United States, Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.
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In late August, Hurricane Nora made landfall in the state of Jalisco, in northwestern Mexico.
Also in August, Hurricane Grace hit the coast of the Gulf of Mexico (east) and killed at least 11 people.
The influence of global warming on the triggering of tropical storms is not established, but the increase in the heat of the sea provides them with “
fuel
” which increases their intensity.