Estelle becomes a hurricane in the Mexican Pacific and they expect it to intensify

Tropical storm Estelle became a category 1 hurricane in the Mexican Pacific Ocean on Saturday night.

In its most recent bulletin, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that

The hurricane is located about 295 miles (470 km) from Manzanillo, Mexico, has maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 km/h) and is moving at 12 mph (19 km/h).

The National Meteorological Service (SMN) of Mexico also reported that Estelle will cause punctual and intense rains (up to 6 inches) in places in Jalisco and Nayarit, very strong in areas of Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán and Sinaloa.

Likewise, it will cause isolated rains in Baja California Sur, as well as gusts of wind of up to 50 mph (80 km/h) and waves of up to 13 feet (4 meters) of significant height on the coasts of Colima, Jalisco and Michoacán, and waves of 6 feet (2 meters) on the coast of Guerrero and Baja California.

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"Rainfalls could generate landslides, increase in river and stream levels, overflows and flooding in low-lying areas," the agency warned and urged the population to heed its warnings and follow the directions of the authorities.

"Maritime navigation in the vicinity of the system is called upon to take extreme precautions due to conditions of strong winds and waves," he added.

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In addition, the Mexican Monsoon and other systems will cause very heavy rains in the State of Mexico and heavy rains in Chihuahua, Mexico City, Durango, Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Sonora and Zacatecas.

Estelle will arrive after Darby, Celia, Blas and Bonnie, the four of them unaffected, and Hurricane Agatha, the first cyclone of the 2022 Pacific season, which hit the coast of the state of Oaxaca on May 30 as a Category 2 hurricane. one of the poorest areas of the country, where he left nine dead and several disappeared.

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In mid-May, the Mexican authorities reported that they anticipate the formation of up to 40 named cyclones by 2022, which they described as an "active season", and predicted that of the total number of tropical cyclones generated, both in the Atlantic and in the Pacific , at least five hit the country.

With information from Eph.