Hurricane Lidia caused heavy rain and flooding in western Mexico. According to official information, two people were killed in the states of Nayarit and Jalisco. Nevertheless, the tropical storm on the Pacific coast was less severe than feared.
“The impact was not as great as we expected,” Jalisco state Governor Enrique Alfaro said on Wednesday. “Lidia” made landfall on the coast of Jalisco on Tuesday afternoon with wind speeds of up to 220 kilometers per hour.
In the states of Nayarit and Jalisco, numerous trees fell and roads were flooded. Thousands of soldiers and police officers were deployed. With a strength of four out of five on the hurricane scale, “Lidia” reached the mainland in the town of Las Peñitas, 55 kilometers southwest of the holiday resort of Puerto Vallarta.
According to the US Hurricane Center in Miami, the tropical storm dissipated during the night on Wednesday. However, heavy rain and flooding are still expected.
