One gets killed by Hurricane Lidia in Mexico before the storm quickly subsides

One gets killed by Hurricane Lidia in Mexico before the storm quickly subsides
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On Wednesday, Mexican rescuers struggled to repair the damage caused by fierce Hurricane Lidia, which pummeled Mexico‘s Pacific coast overnight, downing trees and electrical lines and causing significant flooding.

On Tuesday evening, Lidia made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in the western state of Jalisco, pouring down torrential rain that caused rivers to overflow their banks and forcing the suspension of schools in numerous municipalities.

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According to Miguel Angel Navarro, the governor of the state of Nayarit, which is located north of Jalisco, a man died after a tree fell on his car in the storm close to the seaside resort of Punta Mita.

According to Laura Velazquez, head of Mexico’s civil protection agency, two persons were also hurt in Jalisco’s Autlan de Navarro and Cihuatlan.

By early Wednesday morning, Lidia had vanished as it roared across the western Mexican mountains.

According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, at 05:00 central time, Lidia’s remnants were heading northeast at a speed of 23 miles per hour (37 kilometers per hour) and were located around 145 miles (233 km) north-northeast of Guadalajara, the capital of Jalisco.

Authorities in Puerto Vallarta, a well-known beach resort, listed damage on social media and claimed that Hurricane Lidia had damaged homes and closed roads as it passed through.

Workers from Nayarit were attempting to remove fallen trees from a federal roadway in the municipality of Bahia de Banderas. Authorities reported that numerous individuals sought nighttime shelter in makeshift facilities erected within the town.

According to the storm center, Lidia could cause flash floods in parts of Mexico by dumping up to 12 inches (30 cm) of rain.

Natalia Siniawski reported; that Dave Graham, Christina Fincher, and Jonathan Oatis edited it.

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