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Residents stand on a beach ahead of the arrival of Hurrican John, in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca state, Mexico Sept. 23, 2024. ... Hurricane John headed north with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph ...
A jeep pulls a fishing boat towards the Harbour's Master Office after being pulled from the water ahead of the arrival of Hurricane John, in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca state, Mexico Sept. 23, 2024.
PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (Reuters) -Hurricane John rapidly strengthened to a Category 2 storm on Monday and was expected to intensify further before hitting Mexico's southern Pacific coast in the ...
John hit land near the town of Punta Maldonado and was also likely to batter nearby tourist hubs Acapulco and Puerto Escondido before weakening inland. The unexpected surge in strength caught scientists, authorities and residents of the area by surprise, something AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Matt Benz attributed to warmer oceans, which add ...
Hurricane John was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that caused deadly flooding across southern Mexico for several days in September 2024. The eleventh named storm , fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2024 Pacific hurricane season , John originated from a low-pressure area offshore Southern Mexico.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that John had "rapidly strengthened” into a hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (155 kph). The storm was located 55 miles (90 kilometers) south of Punta Maldonado. It was moving north at 6 mph (9 kph).
John struck Mexico’s southern coast on Monday night as a Category 3 hurricane after rapidly strengthening in the Pacific, triggering warnings of “life-threatening” floods and mudslides.
Hurricane strength have been ranked using the Saffir-Simpson scale since 1972, from a minimal hurricane as a Category 1 to the most powerful as a Category 5. The most recent Category 5 hurricane to hit Mexico was Hurricane Otis in 2023, which was also the costliest Mexican hurricane.