Hurricane Rick lowered to tropical depression as it roars over Mexican coast – National

A compact Hurricane Rick roared ashore alongside Mexico’s southern Pacific coast early Monday with 165 kph winds and heavy rain amid warnings of potential flash floods within the coastal mountains.

The U.S. Nationwide Hurricane Heart mentioned Rick made landfall as a Class 2 storm about 25 kilometres east of the port of Lazaro Cardenas round 5 a.m. Later Monday, Rick weakened to a tropical melancholy and was 225 kilometres north of Lazaro Cardenas, transferring north at 22 kph.

Forecasters mentioned heavy rains meant the specter of flooding continued. The storm’s most sustained winds had decreased to 55 kph. The centre warned that Rick might produce flash floods and mudslides within the mountainous terrain on the coast.

“Throughout its passage over land, it should trigger intense to torrential rains and attainable mudslides and flooding, in addition to rising ranges in streams and rivers, within the states of Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco,” Mexico’s Nationwide Water Fee mentioned in an announcement.

Authorities in Lazaro Cardenas had opened six emergency shelters for individuals who would possibly need to go away low-lying areas. Zihuatanejo opened a shelter on the municipal auditorium.

The state of Guerrero, the place Zihuatanejo and Acapulco are situated, mentioned rains and wind knocked over some timber and broken a street earlier than the storm made landfall.