Hurricane Simón strengthens off Mexico’s Pacific coast
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Hurricane Simón strengthened off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Thursday, October 8, with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph (120 km/h), The Rio Times reported, citing Telemundo’s account of the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast. At 9 p.m. central Mexico time, the storm was about 235 miles (380 km) south of Manzanillo.
Forecasters expected Simón to intensify to Category 4, which begins at sustained winds of 130 mph (210 km/h). A hurricane warning was reported from Playa Pérula in Jalisco to Punta Mita in Nayarit, while a tropical storm watch covered the coast from east of Punta San Telmo to Lázaro Cárdenas in Michoacán.
The forecast called for 8 to 15 inches (200 to 380 mm) of rain through Sunday, with isolated totals of 15 to 25 inches (380 to 635 mm) in parts of Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco. The National Hurricane Center warned of deadly flooding and landslides in steep terrain. Forecasts differed on the storm’s timing, with one projection placing its approach on Saturday afternoon and earlier Mexican forecasts indicating possible effects in Jalisco on Sunday and Nayarit and Sinaloa on Monday.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Two details should be tightened to match the supplied Rio Times account exactly. - "The National Hurricane Center warned that the rainfall could cause deadly flooding and landslides in steep terrain.": The source says the NHC warned of deadly flooding and landslides on steep ground, not that the rainfall itself could cause them; this should be corrected to match the source wording. - "earlier Mexican forecasts indicating possible effects in Jalisco on Sunday and farther north on Monday.": The source specifically says Mexican media citing SMN saw Jalisco on Sunday and Nayarit and Sinaloa on Monday; "farther north" is an unsupported generalization.
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Hurricane Simón strengthens off Mexico’s Pacific coast
Hurricane Simón strengthened off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Thursday, October 8, with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph (120 km/h), The Rio Times reported, citing Telemundo’s account of the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast. At 9 p.m. central Mexico time, the storm was about 235 miles (380 km) south of Manzanillo.
Forecasters expected Simón to intensify to Category 4, which begins at sustained winds of 130 mph (210 km/h). A hurricane warning was reported from Playa Pérula in Jalisco to Punta Mita in Nayarit, while a tropical storm watch covered the coast from east of Punta San Telmo to Lázaro Cárdenas in Michoacán.
The forecast called for 8 to 15 inches (200 to 380 mm) of rain through Sunday, with isolated totals of 15 to 25 inches (380 to 635 mm) in parts of Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco. The National Hurricane Center warned that the rainfall could causeof deadly flooding and landslides in steep terrain. Forecasts differed on the storm’s timing, with one projection placing its approach on Saturday afternoon and earlier Mexican forecasts indicating possible effects in Jalisco on Sunday and fartherNayarit northand Sinaloa on Monday.
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