Hurricane Rick weakens but still poses a flooding threat to Mexico
CBSN
Mexico City — A compact Hurricane Rick roared ashore along Mexico's southern Pacific coast early Monday with 105 mph winds and heavy rain amid warnings of potential flash floods in the coastal mountains.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rick made landfall as a Category 2 storm about 15 miles east of the port of Lazaro Cardenas around 5 a.m. Later Monday, Rick weakened to a tropical depression and was 140 miles north of Lazaro Cardenas, moving north at 14 mph.
Forecasters said heavy rains meant the threat of flooding continued. The storm's maximum sustained winds had decreased to 35 mph. The center warned that Rick could produce flash floods and mudslides in the mountainous terrain on the coast.
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