Sunday, 18 October 2009 15:39
Hurricane Rick's fierce winds churned up dangerous surf off Mexico's coast early Sunday, the strongest storm recorded in the eastern North Pacific Ocean in more than a decade.
According to AP, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said late Saturday that Rick was an 'extremely dangerous' Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 180 mph. The center said Rick was likely to lose some of that punch as it nears the Baja California peninsula in coming days.
The hurricane was projected to stay well off the Mexican coast for several days before bending east over cooler waters and approach the Baja California Peninsula as a Category 1 or Category 2 hurricane sometime Wednesday, forecasters said.
Authorities in the resort city of Acapulco closed the port to small craft after Rick kicked up heavy waves and gusts of wind.
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