Two deaths reported as Hurricane Simon, storm Rachel batter Mexico’s coast

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Em um briefing de notícias na segunda‑feira, a Governadora de Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado, confirmou que um homem de 71 anos morreu durante o furacão Simon após um muro de contenção cair sob o peso de intensa precipitação.

According to the Guerrero-based news agency IRZA, the man, identified by his family as Albino Moreno Jimenez, had been feeding his animals on the western outskirts of Chilpancingo when a wall came crashing down on him.

A second death was announced later in the day in the state of Baja California along Mexico’s western coast. There, Governor Marina del Pilar said that a young girl had died from the effects of what was once Hurricane Rachel, which peaked in early October as a Category 3 storm.

Pelo menos 10 pessoas ainda estão desaparecidas na Baja California, segundo o governador. Oito foram relatados como desaparecidos na cidade de Ensenada, na costa do Pacífico, e dois na cidade de pescadores de San Felipe, no Golfo da Califórnia.

The figures remain preliminary, with local newspaper La Jornada reporting a higher death toll of two in Baja California and 11 missing.

Rachel made landfall in the Mexican state as a post-tropical cyclone, and its remnants have travelled north through southern California in the southwestern United States.

Hurricane Simon, enquanto isso, está agitando-se ao largo da costa do México desde o fim de semana. Até o final da manhã de segunda-feira, ele havia enfraquecido de uma poderosa tempestade de Categoria 4 para uma de Categoria 2.

Its maximum sustained winds had slowed slightly to around 155km/h (100mph), according to the US National Hurricane Center. Its centre was about 115km west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, a cape in the state of Jalisco, drifting west at 3km/h.

Forecasters predict Simon could make landfall on Thursday or Friday. Hurricane warnings remain in effect for western Mexico, which is vulnerable to landslides and deadly surf conditions as a result of the storm.

Experts warn the death toll from both storms could rise, and officials have called on residents to exercise caution amid the devastation wrought by downed trees, high winds and floodwaters.

O jornal espanhol El Pais informou a morte de um mergulhador de penhascos, Juan Patines, que foi morto em Mazatlán, o estado noroeste de Sinaloa, após pular no mar na noite de sábado.

According to Mexican media, the heavy surf hampered his efforts to return to shore amid dangerous coastal conditions associated with Hurricane Simon. Local authorities later halted cliff-diving at the site due to hazardous sea conditions.

Officials have yet to confirm whether his death was directly linked to Hurricane Simon.

Rachel and Simon have battered Mexico’s western coast as part of an extraordinary stretch of hurricane activity across the Pacific.

The northeastern and central Pacific Ocean has experienced a record storm season this year, fuelled in part by the El Nino weather phenomenon, which results in warming waters in parts of the region.

Vinte e um furacões nomeados foram registrados no Pacífico até agora.

On Sunday, Simon tipped the region to a historic high for accumulated cyclone energy (ACE), a metric of the combined strength and longevity of tropical storms. This year has already surpassed the previous high set in 2018.

A cadeia de ilhas dos EUA, o Havaí, tem sido um dos locais mais atingidos. Em agosto, o furacão Lala provocou inundações devastadoras na Grande Ilha do Havaí como uma tempestade de Categoria 1, matando uma mulher de 93 anos e destruindo cerca de 100 casas, segundo autoridades estaduais.

A few weeks later, Hurricane Lowell, a Category 4 hurricane at its peak, struck the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Niihau, where powerful winds, storm surge and flooding overwhelmed towns and roads.

Roughly 90 percent of Kauai’s power customers were plunged into darkness as a result of electricity outages. At least two deaths were linked to Lowell.

No final de setembro, o furacão Nolo trouxe outra rodada de inundações e deslizamentos de terra às ilhas havaianas, embora não tenha feito a queda em terra.

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• Pelo menos 10 pessoas ainda estão desaparecidas na Baja California, seg
• Its maximum sustained winds had slowed slightly to around 155km/h (100mph), according to the US National Hurrican
• Its centre was about 115km west-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, a cape in the
• State of Jalisco, drifting west at 3km/h