Pacific and Atlantic hurricanes Norma and Tammy make landfall in Mexico and Barbuda
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Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda.
Hurricane Norma came ashore near the Pacific resort of Los Cabos at the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Saturday afternoon. Hours later, Hurricane Tammy made landfall on the Caribbean island of Barbuda.
The storms were each Category 1 hurricanes when they hit.
There was a threat of heavy rainfall and flash flooding as Norma moved into mainland Mexico early Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reported at 3 a.m. EDT.
Norma was centred about 145 miles (235 kilometres) west of Culiacan, Mexico, and about 105 miles (165 kilometres) south-southwest of Los Mochis, Mexico, moving north-northeast at 7 mph (11 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kmh). The Mexican government extended a tropical storm warning along the coast northward to Huatabampito, the center said.
Tammy came ashore Saturday night with 85 mph (140 kph) winds. In an update at 5 a.m. ET Sunday, the hurricane centre said the storm was centred about 70 miles (115 kilometres) north-northwest of Barbuda and about 55 miles (90 kilometres) east-northeast of Anguilla.
Tammy was moving north-northwest around 10 mph (17 kmh) and hurricane warnings remained in effect for the islands of Barbuda, Anguilla, St. Martin and St. Barthelmy, while a tropical storm warning was discontinued for Saba and St. Eustatius.
Norma, once a Category 4 hurricane, moved ashore with winds of 80 mph (130 kph) near el Pozo de Cota, west-northwest of Cabo San Lucas. The system later weakened to a tropical storm with 70 mph (110 kph) winds as it crossed the Baja California Peninsula, the centre said.
