Storm Pamela will leave very heavy rains in the Mexican Pacific
The tropical storm is 455 kilometers southwest of Playa Pérula.
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Tropical storm Pamela will leave very heavy rains in several states of the Mexican Pacific in the coming hours, according to the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported on Monday.
“Tropical Storm Pamela, southwest of the Jalisco coast, is forecast to intensify during the course of today. It will cause very strong occasional rains in Sinaloa, Nayarit and Jalisco, as well as strong punctual rains in Durango, Colima and Michoacán“, Reported the SMN in a bulletin.
The cyclone is located 455 kilometers southwest of Playa Pérula, in the western state of Jalisco, and 765 kilometers south of Mazatlán, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.
The phenomenon is moving west-northwest at 19 kilometers per hour (km / h), and registers sustained winds of 85 km / h with gusts of up to 100 km / h.
The phenomenon “will produce very strong occasional rains in Sinaloa, Nayarit and Jalisco, as well as strong specific rains in Durango, Colima and Michoacán; in addition to wind with gusts of 50 to 60 km / h and waves of 1 to 2 meters high on the coasts of Jalisco and Colima“, Indicated the SMN.
“The rains caused by the cyclone could cause landslides and an increase in the levels of rivers and streams, in addition to possible floods, “the agency warned.
In addition, he asked the general population to take extreme precautions in the areas of the states mentioned due to rain, wind and waves (including maritime navigation) and to attend to the recommendations issued by the authorities of the National Civil Protection System, in each region.
This year in the Pacific Ocean the cyclones Andrés, Blanca, Carlos, Dolores, Enrique, Felicia, Guillermo, Hilda, Ignacio, Jimena, Kevin, Linda, Marty, Nora, Olaf and Pamela have formed.
Dolores made landfall in mid-June and left three dead from thunderstorms.
In mid-August, the rains generated by Grace -created in the Atlantic- that made landfall in the Gulf of Mexico, caused the death of at least 11 people, 8 in the state of Veracruz and 3 in the central state of Puebla, in addition to severe flooding and damage.
The cyclone had impacted days before in the Yucatan peninsula, where it also left floods and power failures, although without fatalities.
While Nora, who made landfall on August 28, left a minor dead in the state of Jalisco and seven disappeared, six of them fishermen from the state of Guerrero.
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