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Hurricane Pamela makes landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico and heads toward Texas

2021-10-13T13:51:24.167Z


The cyclone strengthened before impacting north of the city of Mazatlán with rain and strong winds, and will cross the country to reach the US as a tropical depression on Thursday.


By

The Associated Press

Hurricane Pamela made landfall on Wednesday morning north of the Sinaloan city of Mazatlán, on the Mexican Pacific coast, where it is leaving heavy rains and gusts of wind.  

The cyclone

gained strength and became a hurricane again just before impacting 40 miles northwest of Mazatlán

, a significant tourist enclave in the country.

Surfers take advantage of the high waves caused by Pamela on the beaches of the Mexican city of Mazatlán, on October 12, 2021.Roberto Echeagaray / AP

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its morning report that the center of the hurricane has

maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour

and is moving northeast at 14 miles per hour toward Texas.

[They forecast cold in the West and heat in the Northeast this week]

The NHC warned of the potential for

life-threatening

storm

surges, flash flooding

and dangerous winds around the impact zone.

In the eye of the hurricane from the sea: historical images recorded by a maritime drone

Oct. 1, 202101: 17

Pamela will weaken crossing northern Mexico and

could hit the Texas border as a tropical depression on Thursday

.

Its remnants may in any case discharge heavy rains in central Texas and southeastern Oklahoma in the coming days.

Source: telemundo

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