Blog post by Tina Winterlik © 2011
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Update :12/10/2011 5:05 PST
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico— The Associated Press
Published
Last updated
Two killed as Hurricane Jova slams into Mexico’s Pacific coast
Hurricane Jova flooded the streets of Mexico’s main Pacific port with torrential rain on Wednesday, inundating popular beach resorts and killing at least two people in a mud slide.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/americas/two-killed-as-hurricane-jova-slams-into-mexicos-pacific-coast/article2198224/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Update: 12/10/2011
Check out this new interactive tool, it's a google map based thing and then you can zoom in on the hurricane so you can see exactly where it's at.
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Update: 11/10/2011
The National Hurricane states that "
...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS THAT JOVA HAS WEAKENED..." but beware of the listed Hazards below.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP5+shtml/111736.shtml
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST
OF MEXICO WITHIN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO REACH THE
COAST WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON.
STORM SURGE...A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE
THE CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE WAVES.
RAINFALL...JOVA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 12 INCHES OVER THE STATES OF MICHOACAN...COLIMA...JALISCO...
AND NAYARIT...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 20 INCHES.
THESE RAINS COULD CAUSE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD
SLIDES OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.
SURF...SWELLS GENERATED BY JOVA ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE COAST
OF SOUTHWESTERN MEXICO. THESE SWELLS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE
LIFE-THREATENING SURF AND RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS.
