San Salvador, July 4 (BUS): Tropical Storm Bonnie turned into a Category 1 hurricane off the southwest coast of Mexico Sunday evening, packing maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) and higher storms, according to the US county. The Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Boni, the third hurricane of the 2022 season east of the North Pacific, made landfall as a tropical storm on the Caribbean coast near the Nicaragua and Costa Rica borders on Friday evening, bringing torrential rains across the region, before crossing into the Pacific on Saturday, Reuters reported.
In El Salvador, authorities confirmed the death of a person due to torrential rains. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter that classes will be suspended across the country on Monday.
The hurricane could reach a Category 2 classification Monday night with winds of up to 110 miles per hour (177 km/h) as it travels parallel to the coast before moving away from Mexico on Wednesday, according to Mexico’s National Weather Service.
In an advisory report, the NHC said the ocean waves generated by Bonnie are “likely to cause life-threatening waves and rupture existing conditions.”
The Mexican Meteorological Service warned that the hurricane could bring heavy rain, mudslides, floods, strong winds and ocean waves up to 16 feet (5 meters) along the country’s southern Pacific coast.
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