MEXICO CITY, Sept 22, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Hurricane Lorena advanced on
Saturday through the Gulf of California after the Category 1 storm made
landfall near the popular Los Cabos beach resort, the Mexican hurricane
monitor said.
With maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour, the
storm is expected to bring heavy rains to Baja California Sur and the
neighboring states of Sonora and Sinaloa as it moves north at 19 kilometers
(12 miles) per hour, CONAGUA said.
“Landslides along with river and stream overflows that affect roads and
highways could be recorded due to the rains, along with flooding in low-lying
areas and saturation of drains in urban sites,” the agency wrote in a
bulletin.
The US National Hurricane Center, based in Miami, said Lorena is expected
to move across the Gulf of California on Saturday and then approach the
northwestern coast of mainland Mexico.
In Mexico’s Baja California Sur, state authorities opened shelters, while
the government in Sonora state closed several ports.
Mexico’s location makes it vulnerable to hurricanes on both its Pacific
and Atlantic coasts.