The Cyclon Bonnie was upgraded to a category 2 hurricane in the last few hours. on the Saffir-Simpson scale in the Pacific Ocean and is still far from the Mexican coast, the National Meteorological Service (SMN) reported Monday. In a statement, the institution indicated that at 4:00 p.m. local time (9:00 p.m. GMT) Bonnie is located approximately 335 km south of Acapulco, Guerrero, and 485 kilometers (km) southeast of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.
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The hurricane presents maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour, gusts to 195 kilometers per hour and displacement towards the west with a speed of 28 kilometers per hour, indicated the SMN.
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The cyclone, which first made landfall on the border between Nicaragua and Costa Rica last Friday, is moving parallel to the Pacific coast of Mexico, and is not expected to make landfall in the country.
However, the agency specified that the phenomenon will cause “heavy rains”, from 75 to 150 millimeters, in Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Oaxaca and Veracruz.
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In addition to “Very strong” in Puebla y “powerful” on the Mexico City, State of Mexico, Morelos and Tabasco.
Likewise, Bonnie It will cause gusts of wind of 70 to 90 kilometers per hour and waves of 3 to 5 meters high on the coasts of Guerrero, Michoacán and Oaxaca.
Precipitation might generate landslides, increased levels of rivers and streams, overflows and floods in low-lying areas.Therefore, the population is urged to heed the warnings of the National Meteorological Service, the National Water Commission, and follow the indications of the state and municipal Civil Protection authorities, the SMN said.
For this reason, the agency asked maritime navigation in the vicinity of the systems to “Extreme precautions due to conditions of strong winds and high waves.”
Bonnie It comes following Celia and Blas, both unaffected, and Hurricane Agatha, the first cyclone of the 2022 Pacific season, which hit the coast of the state of Oaxaca on May 30 as a category 2 hurricane, one of the poorest areas of the country, where it left nine dead and several disappeared.
In mid-May, Mexican authorities reported that they expect the formation of up to 40 named cyclones by 2022, which they described as a “active season”and predicted that of the total number of tropical cyclones generated, both in the Atlantic and in the Pacific, at least five will impact the country.
