US EditionFlossie Becomes a Hurricane Off Mexico's Pacific Coast After Rapidly Strengthening
- On the night of Monday, July 1, 2025, Tropical Storm Flossie intensified into a Category 1 hurricane near Mexico’s southwestern Pacific shoreline.
- Flossie rapidly intensified due to favorable conditions and was forecast to peak as a major hurricane by early Wednesday while skirting the Mexican coast.
- Mexican officials have issued a tropical storm warning covering the southwestern coastline between Punta San Telmo and Playa Perula, along with a tropical storm watch extending from Zihuatanejo down to Cabo Corrientes, as Flossie is forecasted to bring heavy rains and hazardous surf conditions.
- Flossie's maximum sustained winds reached 75 mph as it moved west-northwest about 175 miles south of Manzanillo, with rainfall amounts up to 6 inches and isolated 10 inches possible in southwestern Mexican states.
- Flossie is projected to weaken later in the week, becoming post-tropical near Baja California, while its heavy rains risk life-threatening flooding and mudslides in affected Mexican regions.
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Tropical storm Flossie strengthens in hurricane off Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Flossie has continued to strengthen off Mexico's southwestern Pacific coast, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
By CNN en Español At 9:00 p.m. Central Mexico Time, Flossie strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, according to the National Meteorological Service. The system was located 220 km south-southwest of Punta San Telmo, Michoacán, and 280 km south of Manzanillo, Colima. It is registering maximum sustained winds of 120 km/h (75 mph), gusts of up to 150 km/h (93 mph), and moving west-northwest at 17 km/h (10 mph). Its cloud bands, along with the ent…
Storm Flossie strengthens into a hurricane near Mexico coast
MEXICO CITY: Tropical storm Flossie strengthened into a hurricane on Monday (Jun 30) near Mexico's Pacific coast, where it is expected to bring torrential rains, the United States National Hurricane Center said. Flossie was located 280km from the port of Manzanillo in the Mexican state of Colima, the meteo
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