MEXICO CITY, Jun 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Tropical storm Enrique, intensified into a Category 1 hurricane yesterday, off the coast of the western Mexican states of Colima and Michoacan, the National Water Commission (Conagua) reported.
“At 07:15, the centre of Enrique was located approximately 230 kilometres south-west of Punta San Telmo, Michoacan, and 265 kilometres south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima,” Conagua said, in its latest report, saying that, the storm has maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometres per hour, and gusts of up to 150 kilometres per hour.
“Due to the intensity of the wind, waves are estimated to be three to five metres high, on the coasts of Colima, Jalisco, and Michoacan, and one to three metres on the coast of Guerrero and Nayarit,” Conagua reported.
Intense rains and strong winds are expected in the area, leading Civil Protection units to set up a prevention zone, to mitigate the effects of the storm, with authorities telling local residents to take “extreme caution.”
Enrique is the fifth hurricane to form in the Mexican Pacific this season, according to Conagua.– NNN-PRENSA LATINA
