fear that tropical storm becomes Andrew Hurricane
Mexico issued an alert for the Pacific coast. Forecasters say the force would graze the coast near Manzanillo .
AP Tropical Storm Andrew was next on Tuesday to become the first hurricane of the season in the Pacific, and whip the southwest of Mexico before the North will fly in front of a populated coast spas. Mexico issued a hurricane warning for the Pacific coast from just south of Manzanillo to near Puerto Vallarta.
The mayor of the port of Acapulco prepared 120 shelters and advised residents to stay at home, especially to the 15,000 people living in areas most at risk of flooding. Heavy rains on Sunday collapsed a few trees in this resort city in Guerrero state. Forecasters said that Andrew probably would graze the coast with hurricane force near Manzanillo.
The forecast track could make landfall tightly around towns such as Barra de Navidad. In this town located in the state of Jalisco, northwest of Manzanillo, Colima, Agapito García Martínez, safety manager for Grand Bay Hotel-Isla Navidad Resort, said the hotel staff was setting up the preparations for the storm, remove beach furniture and protect the windows, but said that had not yet received warnings from the authorities in this regard.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said at 0900 GMT the center of the storm was 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Manzanillo. Andrew had sustained winds of about 110 kph (70 mph) with higher gusts. It was moving northwest at about 13 kph (8 mph) speed. But it is expected that the storm's winds increase to 120 kph (75 mph) late on Tuesday or Wednesday.
The predicted path shows that will touching the central Mexican coast Tuesday and turn west to just before the tourist resorts of Los Cabos at the tip of the Baja California peninsula Thursday night or Friday. On Sunday night Andrew became the first storm of the hurricane season in the Pacific, which began May 15 and end on 30 November.
The most dangerous period is between July and September. Although it is rare that a named storm like Andrew arise so late in the season in the eastern Pacific. It's been almost 40 years since a storm so late in the season in the east of the ocean.
ARTICLE AND PHOTO SOURCE: DAILY