El avance del poderoso fenómeno, que amenaza con causar destrucciones a gran escala, podrá ser seguido en directo a través de las transmisiones de Web Cams de México. El huracán podría convertirse en el más fuerte que se haya registrado en la historia.
Patricia se manifiesta en vientos sostenidos de 400 kilómetros por hora y podrá dejar fuertes lluvias en la parte oeste del país.
Las autoridades evacuaron a los habitantes de localidades de los estados de Colima, Nayarit y Jalisco, cerraron los puertos de Manzanillo y de Puerto Vallarta y exigieron a los turistas cancelar sus viajes por temor a una catástrofe....................rt.com
23/10/15
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- Hurricane Patricia has strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 5 storm as it churns towards Mexico's Pacific coast, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
The storm, which became a hurricane on Thursday night, had maximum sustained winds of 260km/h as it moved towards the northwest at just under 20km/h.
Patricia was last located about 320km southwest of the port of Manzanillo, where a hurricane warning had been issued. A hurricane warning was also in effect for the tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta.
The storm could gain more strength before making landfall in the hurricane warning area by Friday afternoon or evening, the Miami-based hurricane centre said.
The US government issued an advisory urging its nationals to steer clear of beaches and rough seas, and to take shelter as instructed by Mexican officials.
Mexican emergency officials began to prepare shelters and declared a state of emergency for 56 municipalities in the storm's projected path, in the states of Colima, Nayarit and Jalisco.
A hurricane warning was in effect for the Mexican coast from San Blas to Punta San Telmo. A broader area was under hurricane watch, tropical storm warning, or tropical storm watch.
The NHC warned that preparations should be rushed to completion, saying the storm could cause coastal flooding, destructive waves and flash floods...
aljazeera.com 23/10/15
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Mexico braced for strongest storm ever recorded in Western Hemisphere...
ReplyDeleteMexico has been evacuating thousands of people as one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded bears down from the Pacific Ocean, threatening to wreak catastrophic damage along the country's west coast.
The US National Hurricane Centre said Hurricane Patricia was the strongest storm ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, and the World Meteorological Organisation compared it to 2013's Typhoon Haiyan, which killed thousands in the Philippines.
Blowing winds of 322 km/h the Category 5 storm has the Pacific states of western Mexico on high alert, including Jalisco, home to the popular resort of Puerto Vallarta as well as Guadalajara, the second-biggest city in the country.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Patricia would probably hit the coast near the village of Punta Perula between Puerto Vallarta and the major cargo port of Manzanillo.
"This hurricane is an enormous worry," said Patricio Flores, a trade union official from Jalisco. "We know they can demolish anything you put in their path."
Mr Pena Nieto said it was hard to predict what would be done by the massive storm, which could be seen from outer space.
"But one thing we're certain of is that we're facing a hurricane of a scale we've never ever seen," he said in a local radio interview shortly before US President Barack Obama said the United States was standing by ready to help Mexico.
Both Mexican and US officials said the unprecedented hurricane could wreak catastrophic damage.............http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/1023/737115-hurricane-patricia/
Record-breaking storm Patricia drenches Mexico as it weakens....
ReplyDeleteRecord-breaking Hurricane Patricia pushed rapidly inland over mountainous western Mexico early Saturday, weakening to tropical storm force while dumping torrential rains that authorities warned could cause deadly floods and mudslides.
Patricia, which peaked as the strongest hurricane on record in the Western Hemisphere, made landfall on Friday on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 5 storm, avoiding direct hits on the resort city of Puerto Vallarta and major port city of Manzanillo.
There were reports of some flooding and landslides, but no word of fatalities or major damage as the storm pushed across inland mountains while bypassing the metropolis of Guadalajara overnight.
Residents of the coast where Patricia came ashore last night described an enraged sea that crashed into hotels, scooping beach away from their foundations, and howling winds that toppled trees and telephone posts...AP...timesofindia.indiatimes.com
24/10/15