{"id":142533,"date":"2021-10-23T19:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-23T19:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=142533"},"modified":"2021-10-23T19:30:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T19:30:21","slug":"hurricane-rick-churns-towards-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/hurricane-rick-churns-towards-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Rick churns towards Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
MEXICO CITY (AFP) – Hurricane Rick moved toward Mexico’s Pacific coast on Saturday (Oct 23) and was expected to gain strength, the US National Hurricane Centre said.<\/p>\n
As of 1500 GMT (11pm Singapore time), Rick was 300km south-west of Acapulco and moving at 11kmh with sustained winds of 130kmh.<\/p>\n
“Rapid strengthening is forecast during the next day or so, and Rick is expected to become a major hurricane on Sunday” as it approaches the coast of Mexico, the NHC said.<\/p>\n
Mexican meteorologists forecast intense rains in the south and south-east of the country on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Mexico is hit regularly by violent weather on both its Pacific and Caribbean coasts.<\/p>\n
The strongest storm this year so far was Hurricane Grace, which killed 11 people in the states of Veracruz and Puebla on Aug 21.<\/p>\n
In late August, two people went missing after Hurricane Nora hit the Pacific coast state of Jalisco, and on Sept 13 Hurricane Pamela caused minor damage in the north-west state of Sinaloa.<\/p>\n
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