Death Toll Rises to 6 as Hurricane Simon and Rachel Remnants Unleash Floods in Mexico
Flooding and landslides killed six and left five missing as rescue teams searched coastal communities and reopened some roads and schools.
- On Tuesday, the death toll from Hurricane Simon and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel rose to six after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides along Mexico's Pacific coast, authorities said.
- While Hurricane Simon moved parallel to Mexico's coast, the worst damage occurred in the coastal city of Ensenada, Baja California, where flooding from Rachel's remnants killed five people.
- Mexican soldiers used helicopters to rescue 32 people, including 13 minors, from Rancho Genesis near Ensenada, while about 300 military personnel searched for five others missing in Baja California.
- Conditions are improving in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, as residents resumed normal activities on Tuesday; Gov. Evelyn Salgado reported one death in Chilpancingo, Guerrero from the storm.
- Hurricane Simon remains a Category 1 storm centered about 180 kilometers west of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, with maximum sustained winds of 150 kph, moving west at 4 kph and threatening Nayarit and Sinaloa.
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Death toll rises to 6 as Hurricane Simon and Rachel remnants unleash f
ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Simon and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel rose to six Tuesday after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides along Mexico’s Pacific coast, authorities said. Hurricane Simon continued
Death toll rises to 6 as Hurricane Simon and Rachel remnants unleash floods in Mexico – WTOP News
ENSENADA, Mexico (AP) — The death toll from Hurricane Simon and the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel rose to six Tuesday after heavy rains triggered flooding and landslides along Mexico’s Pacific coast, authorities said. Hurricane Simon continued moving slowly off Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 1 storm, bringing heavy rain to Nayarit and Sinaloa...
5 deaths reported in Mexico due to Hurricane Simon and remnants of Rachel
Hurricane Simon was drifting westward off Mexico’s west-central coast at 15:00 UTC on October 13, 2026, with maximum sustained winds of 150 km/h (90 mph), while the National Hurricane Center (NHC) shifted its forecast track substantially south and described confidence in both the track and intensity forecasts as very low. One death has been attributed to Simon in Guerrero. An Associated Press report separately counted four deaths from post-tropi…
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