Hurricane Rick made landfall this morning on the southern coast of Mexico, east of Lázaro Cárdenas, with maximum sustained winds of 105 miles per hour (165 kilometers per hour), causing rains and strong winds in western, central and southern states. of the country, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC, for its acronym in English).
The center warned that Rick could lead to flash floods and landslides in mountainous coastal terrain.
"During its passage overland, it will cause heavy to torrential rains and possible landslides and floods, as well as the elevation of the level of streams and rivers, in the states of Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco", indicated the National Water Commission of Mexico in a statement.
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The Lázaro Cárdenas authorities opened six emergency shelters for people who wanted to leave the low-lying areas.
Zihuatanejo opened a shelter in the municipal auditorium.
The state of Guerrero, where Zihuatanejo and Acapulco are located, reported that the rains and wind had already knocked down some trees and damaged a road.
On October 13, Cyclone Pamela made landfall as a category 1 hurricane in the state of Sinaloa, in the Mexican Pacific, where after its passage it left 2,000 families affected, in addition to 9,000 victims in the neighboring state of Nayarit and material damage, especially in the electrical network.
A group of people on a beach as the Rick phenomenon turns into a hurricane off the Pacific coast of Mexico, in Acapulco, Mexico, on October 23, 2021.JAVIER VERDIN / REUTERS
Last May, Mexican authorities predicted the formation of between 14 and 20 named systems in the Pacific Ocean for this season, while for the Atlantic they predicted 15 to 19 meteorological phenomena.
This year in the Pacific Ocean the cyclones Andrés, Blanca, Carlos, Dolores, Enrique, Felicia, Guillermo, Hilda, Ignacio, Jimena, Kevin, Linda, Marty, Nora, Olaf, Pamela and Rick have formed.