Hurricane Newton is bearing down on Mainland Mexico after crossing Baja California Sur.
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After making landfall Newton moved inland and its center was located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of La Paz, the capital of Baja California state.
Flights have been cancelled, stranding around 14,000 people, and some damage to luxury resorts in Los Cabos has been reported.
(AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo). A man recovers belongings after the passing of Hurricane Newton in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016.
Southeastern Arizona and southern New Mexico are expected to get from 1 inch to 3 inches of total rain through Thursday.
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) Hurricane Newton swept onto the Gulf of California after slamming the resorts of southern Baja and headed on a path expected to take it to the Mexican mainland by Wednesday morning and then on to the USA border with potentially risky rains for Arizona and New Mexico.
Rain, heavy at times, is expected at times across Sinaloa through Wednesday with the hardest-hit areas receiving more than 150 mm (6 inches) of rain.
The weather system caused damage in the country’s south over the weekend before transforming into a tropical storm, flooding 1,400 homes in Guerrero state and leaving three dead in Chiapas.
The storm was expected to dump eight to 15 centimetres of rain, before passing into the U.S. state of Arizona later in the day, the Florida-based weather centre said.
Both Friday and Saturday will bring dry weather conditions to many areas of New Mexico as well as Arizona.
Rain is falling on parts of southern Arizona in advance of a tropical storm moving toward the Southwest after pummeling parts of Mexico.
Authorities closed ports to small vessels since late on Monday due to Newton’s strong winds and concerns storm surges.
It uprooted trees and shattered windows in Baja California’s Los Cabos resort area, where thousands of tourists rode out the storm in their hotels.
The category 1 hurricane registered wind speeds of 150 kilometers per hour (90 miles per hour) while approaching the US state of California on Wednesday morning.
At the very least, Newton brought us some cool weather!
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The storm’s maximum sustained winds early Wednesday were near 70 miles per hour, with rapid weakening expected as the center moved inland.
