According to the US National Hurricane Center ( NHC), Hurricane Maria made landfall in Mexico on Monday as it made a Category 3 storm.
The hurricane had approached Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, with maximum sustained winds of about 120 mph ( 195 kph ).
” Harmful hurricane-force winds, lethal storm surge, and flash flooding are ongoing”, the NHC said, stressing the severity of the situation.
Mexico issued a hurricane warning along the Pacific coast from Bahias de Huatulco to south of Acapulco.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, president of the maritime region, urged residents to get higher ground and place safety first. ” Get higher ground, protect yourselves, and realize that life is the most important thing, fabric property can be replaced”, he posted on the social media platform X.
As the storms techniques, the National Civil Protection Agency has issued a red alert to people.
Laura Velázquez, the provincial coordinator of legal protection, instructed occupants in Pacific southern cities to leave and move to shelters.
The condition state of Oaxaca has evacuated 3, 000 individuals, established 80 tents, and deployed 1, 000 defense and state employees. Companies in Puerto Escondido shut down after the government halted all activity on the main shores.
According to AccuWeather senior scientist Matt Benz, hurricane are quickly intensifying and getting worse. Everything is changing, according to Benz, who claims that fast intensification has occurred more frequently in the modern era than in the past.
