Minute per minute of hurricane “Nora”: Colima reports the first damage

This Saturday the meteorological phenomenon “Nora” became hurricane category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale and began to provoke ravaged during its passage on the Mexican coasts.

According to National Water Commission (With water) To 10:00 am this August 28 It was located 225 km south of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, and 685 km southeast of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, South, with maximum sustained winds of 130 km / h, gusts of 155 km / h and a northward movement of 19 km. / h.

TO 1:00 p.m. Central Mexico Time, Nora was located 155 km south of Cap Corrientes, Jalisco, and 645 km southeast of Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Sur, with maximum sustained winds of 140 km / h, gusts of 165 km / h and moving north at 19 km / h.

At 4:00 p.m., central Mexican time, its center was located 15 km east of Tomatlan, and 100 km from Puerto Vallarta, towns of Jalisco. It had maximum sustained winds of 140 km / h, gusts of 165 km / h and moving north at 22 km / h.

Therefore, the authorities of Jalisco, Preventive evacuation of 30 communities in the municipalities of Cihuatlán, La Huerta, Tomatlán and Cabo Corrientes. On the other hand, in Colima, the port of Manzanillo was completely closed to navigation. In both entities, the National Guard and the Marina implemented the preventive phase of the action plans.

Near 5:00 p.m., elements of the The army began to cut down the trees that the winds of “Nora” caused. They also transferred residents who found themselves without transportation to a safe area.

The system is expected to continue its movement in parallel and along the coast of Nayarit. Before 6:00 p.m.Civil protection has activated the blue alert, which indicates minimal danger from Hurricane “Nora”.

However, in the Arroyo Seco from Villa de Álvarez route to Minatitlán, Colima, residents reported through social networks the overflow of this, causing isolation and flooding.

time 6:00 p.m., Enrique Alfaro, Governor of Jalisco, reported that “Nora” has maintained her course north and is already very close to Cabo Corrientes. “Watch out for Puerto Vallarta and the coastal municipalities: there will be very strong winds. The evacuations have started a few hours ago and we already have 12 shelters serving the population“, noted.

He stressed that all three levels of government are working to deal with emergencies and urged residents of the coast to remain vigilant and, in an emergency, to call 9-1-1.

The agency predicted that overnight, the center of Hurricane Nora, Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, travels very close to the coast of Jalisco, approximately between 20 and 30 km from the coast of the municipalities of Tomatlán and Cabo Corrientes.

The rains could lead to landslides, increased levels of rivers and streams, as well as overflows and flooding in low-lying areas, this is why the population of the aforementioned states is invited to take into account the opinions of the SMN and to follow the indications of the state, municipal and civil protection authorities. Shipping is called upon to take extreme precautions due to the effects of the system off the coasts of Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán and Nayarit, as well as in the Gulf of California, during weekends.

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