Trudy pulls away from Colima and Jalisco, set to weaken Tuesday
The Mexican Navy keeps 24 shelters open across the two states and eight ports remain restricted, while the government lifted cyclone alerts along the coast.
Hurricane Trudy is moving away from western Mexico. Its center was about 290 km (180 miles) west-northwest of Manzanillo, Colima, with winds of 155 km/h (96 mph), moving northwest at 9 km/h (6 mph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) report that La Razón picked up on Oct. 19. The NHC expects it to degrade to a remnant low on Tuesday, Oct. 20.
On Sunday, Oct. 18, it was still a Category 2 storm. Around noon, Mexico's national civil protection agency (CNPC) reported no casualties in Guerrero, Michoacán, Jalisco and Colima, according to the report La Razón published. Later reports mention minor damage in Colima, such as downed poles, a sinkhole on a road and a short circuit, which the CNPC has not confirmed in its report.
The Mexican Navy (Semar) has 24 shelters open in Colima and Jalisco. Nineteen are in Cabo Corrientes, Tomatlán and La Huerta, Jalisco, where the Navy also cleared about three tons of debris. The other five are in Armería, Tecomán, Ixtlahuacán, Comala and Colima, and in Manzanillo the Navy handed out a thousand food packages. On Sunday, 48 people stayed in shelters in Manzanillo and Tecomán, according to Colima's state civil protection unit, cited by Punto MX.
The Mexican government has lifted the tropical cyclone alerts for the coast and the Islas Marías, but navigation restrictions remain in eight ports:
- Larger vessels: Manzanillo, Puerto Vallarta, Lázaro Cárdenas and Puerto Escondido.
- Smaller vessels: La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Chacala, Barra de Navidad and Zihuatanejo.
Official forecasts call for up to 100 mm (4 inches) of additional rain in Jalisco and high surf for two or three days.
Over Monday and Tuesday, Trudy will move slowly south of Baja California Sur, and its winds could fall to 75 km/h (47 mph) before it dissipates. Still unconfirmed: the final damage count in Colima, the exact time of the NHC report and when shelters and port restrictions will be lifted.
