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Hurricane Simon hits Mexico's Pacific Coast
Hurricane Simon weakens but threatens Mexico's Pacific Coast with flooding and landslides.
In brief
Hurricane Simon weakens but threatens Mexico's Pacific Coast with flooding and landslides. Hurricane Simon, a category 3 storm, threatens Mexico's Pacific Coast with heavy rain, flooding, and landslides as it moves parallel to the shoreline. Originally reported by Dw.
Hurricane Simon weakens
Hurricane Simon lashed vulnerable resorts and towns along Mexico's Pacific Coast on Sunday as it moved parallel to the shoreline, despite weakening to a category 3 storm.
Mexican authorities alert
Mexican authorities have placed 28 municipalities across the states of Jalisco and Colima under the highest cyclone alert level. Another 93 municipalities were under high alert.
Puerto Vallarta at risk
The hurricane's center closed in on the Puerto Vallarta area, where its most damaging winds and rains were expected to hit around midnight and continue through Monday morning.
Flooding and landslides
Heavy rainfall overnight increased the risk of flooding and landslides as residents waded through flooded streets in Manzanillo.
“The beds, the refrigerators, the stoves, all the furniture got wet. The whole house flooded.”
Emergency measures
Puerto Vallarta International Airport closed temporarily while authorities established emergency shelters in threatened coastal communities.
The one thing
Hurricane Simon, a category 3 storm, threatens Mexico's Pacific Coast with heavy rain, flooding, and landslides as it moves parallel to the shoreline.
