Trudy strengthens to a hurricane as system nears Mexico’s coast with major storm expected
Forecasters said the storm could become a Category 4 system as it moves over very warm waters and threatens heavy rain, flooding and mudslides.
- On Thursday, Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane about 300 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.
- The storm approaches a Mexican coastline already impacted by recent heavy rains from hurricanes Polo, Rachel, and Simon, which left behind severe flooding and several deaths in the region.
- Forecasters expect Trudy to "rapidly intensify" into a major hurricane on Friday, bringing 4 to 8 inches of rainfall across Colima and Jalisco states through the weekend.
- Mexican authorities and the NHC warned that swells generated by Trudy will cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions along the southwestern coast over the coming days.
- The eastern Pacific sets a record for the busiest storm season, with accumulated cyclone energy of 331 surpassing the previous full-season record of 318 set in 2018.
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Major hurricane Trudy keeps strengthening as it nears Mexico's Pacific coast
Hurricane Trudy rapidly intensified into a major hurricane on Friday morning, carrying maximum sustained winds near 120 mph (195 kph) and higher gusts, as it moves closer to Mexico's Pacific coast. Additional strengthening is still forecast before Trudy is expected to approach the Mexican coast on Saturday as a life-threatening major hurricane, the US-based National Hurricane Centre said. "Trudy has the potential to even reach Category 4 or…
Hurricane Trudy has strengthened to a dangerous Category 3 storm and is moving toward Mexico's southwestern and western Pacific coasts, meteorologists said.
The Guerrero government cancelled the academic activities that would take place this Friday in the 85 municipalities of the entity, in view of the possible effects of Hurricane Trudy, which last night was located 375 kilometers southwest of Acapulco, in category 2 of the Saffir-Simpson scale. The administrative work of the workers of the state administration was also suspended.
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