Tropical Storm Lidia strengthened this Wednesday in the Mexican Pacificwhere it could cause “very heavy” rains in the western states of the country, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) warned.
In the last record, Lidia was located 700 kilometers southwest of the port of Manzanillo, in the state of Colimaand 765 kilometers south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco.
The phenomenon presents maximum sustained winds of 75 kilometers per hour, gusts of 95 kilometers per hour and a movement towards the north-northwest at 13 kilometers per hour, according to the report by the National Water Commission (Conagua).
The new forecast estimates that Lidia will remain a tropical storm until Mondayalthough its planned trajectory moves away from Mexican territory.
Even so, “the cloud breaks reinforce the probability of heavy to very heavy occasional rains in the west of the country,” the SMN warned.
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The forecasted rainfall, the notice indicated, would be accompanied by electrical shocks and conditions for hail to fall.and could increase the levels of rivers and streams, overflows, landslides and floods.
For this reason, the organization asked “to take extreme precautions for the general population in the areas of the mentioned states due to rain, wind and waves, including maritime navigation, and to comply with the recommendations issued by the authorities of the National Civil Protection System.”
Another cyclone in the Pacific
Lidia is the twelfth named cyclone of this season in the Pacific, where Adrian, Beatriz, Calvin, Dora, Eugene, Fernanda, Greg, Hilary, Irwin, Jova and Kenneth have also formed.
Of them, the most damaging has been Hilary, which left four dead in August in the states of Baja California, Baja California Sur and Sinaloa.
The Government of Mexico predicted in May the formation of up to 38 named cyclones in the 2023 season, of which five would hit the country.
Of that number, between 16 and 22 systems could occur in the Pacific Ocean, and between 10 and 16 in the Atlantic.
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