Storms leave 2 dead in Mexico as flash-flood risk from Rachel lingers across the Southwest US
- Following Tropical Storm Rachel and Hurricane Simon, flooding impacted the Mexican and United States Southwest, prompting meteorologists to issue flood watches across a wide region as flash-flood risks persisted into the week.
- Simon, a Category 2 hurricane, battered the Mexican Pacific coast with high winds and heavy rain, while dissipated Tropical Storm Rachel triggered historic October rainfall in Las Vegas, tying an all-time daily record of 1.08 inches.
- Mexican military helicopters rescued 32 people from an Ensenada ranch on Monday, while officials reported at least two deaths in Guerrero state and at least 10 people missing in Baja California following the storms.
- Authorities deployed 14,000 federal and state personnel across Baja California to assist residents, while floodwaters inundated streets and forced Puerto Vallarta's international airport to suspend operations until Tuesday morning.
- As Hurricane Simon moves inland toward Sinaloa by Thursday, forecasters warn that 5 to 10 inches of rainfall could trigger life-threatening flooding and mudslides in west-central Mexico through the coming week.
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At least five people have died in Mexico due to severe weather. The country has been battered by heavy rainfall and flooding since this weekend. These were caused by Tropical Storm Rachel and approaching Hurricane Simon. The latter is expected to make landfall on Thursday. In the Mexican state of Baja California, south of the US state of California, a family with two children died due to the flooding. Dead and missing In the south of the count…
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CBS58Hurricane Simon weakens to Category 2 as it continues to lash Mexico’s Pacific coast
Hurricane Simon weakened to a Category 2 storm on Monday with sustained winds of 105 mph as it moves off Mexico’s west coast, according to the US National Hurricane Center. The storm will likely pack near 100 mph winds as it makes landfall sometime Thursday, though the exact location and timing could change because of …
A family of four and a 71-year-old man were killed: two storms caused serious damage in Mexico. Dozens of people had to be rescued by helicopters.
Work teams began to repair and clean up the Californian city of Long Beach, where the violence of the Pacific waves caused by tropical storm Rachel and El Niño caused severe damage to the west coast of the United States the day before.
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