Andres Nears Hurricane Strength, to Brush Mexico

[babylonsister]

Andres Nears Hurricane Strength, to Brush Mexico

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 23, 2009

Filed at 11:41 a.m. ET


ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) -- Tropical Storm Andres was expected to grow into the Pacific season's first hurricane Tuesday and deal a glancing blow to a coastline dotted with picturesque towns popular with foreign retirees.

Mexico issued a hurricane warning for the strip of coast from just south of Manzanillo to near Puerto Vallarta. To the south, the storm dumped heavy rains on Acapulco, knocking down trees, flooding houses and forcing about 150 people to evacuate their homes on Monday. The sun peeked out Tuesday, but the government closed all schools.

Andres sped up as it headed toward the coast, on course to graze the port city of Manzanillo at hurricane strength late Tuesday, then push along shore past towns such as Barra de Navidad that are home to some American and Canadian expatriates.

At Barra de Navidad, Agapito Garcia Martinez, security manager at the Grand Bay Hotel-Isla Navidad Resort, said Monday that hotel staff were taking in beach furniture and taping up hotel windows, but had not yet been advised by authorities to so.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Andres could bring coastal storm surge as much as 3 feet (nearly 1 meter) above normal while dumping as much as 8 inches (200 millimeters) of rain in a few spots.

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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/23/world/AP-Tropical-Weather.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. Don't the time fly

Is this the start of the hurricane season over there ?

[babylonsister]

2. Yes, June 1 though it started earlier per wiki...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Atlantic_hurricane_season

2009 Atlantic hurricane season
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season is an event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. The season officially started on June 1 and will end on November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, for the third consecutive year the season started early, when Tropical Depression One formed on May 28.