Hurricane Trudy weakened on Friday but could regain strength in the coming hours as it approaches Mexico's western coast, meteorologists warned, in an updated forecast reported by Reuters on October 16.
The storm, which had earlier intensified to Category 3 with maximum winds near 120 mph, was located about 235 miles southwest of the resort city of Acapulco. Forecasters expect it to pass very close to the coasts of Jalisco and Colima late on Saturday, roughly 60 to 65 kilometres offshore, without a forecast landfall — though officials warned any shift closer to shore would sharply worsen its impact.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center expects Trudy to produce up to 15 inches of rain in the states of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco, increasing the risk of life-threatening flooding and landslides in a region already battered by weeks of storms. Mexico's civil protection agency has urged residents to secure homes and prepare for severe winds and waves starting Saturday.
In Acapulco, fishermen pulled their boats ashore after authorities closed some fishing and tourist ports to small vessels, and at least one cruise ship, Norwegian Bliss, cancelled its planned Acapulco call on Saturday because of the storm.
