Hurricane Menaces Mexico's Pacific Coast...06/20/00

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Hurricane Menaces Mexico's Pacific Coast...06/20/00 
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Carlotta, upgraded from a tropical storm, moved through the Pacific parallel to the Mexican coast Monday, where it threatened the popular beach resort of Acapulco, weather officials said. 

According to the National Weather Service in Miami, by 7 p.m. local time Carlotta was swirling about 205 miles west-southwest of Puerto Angel, a resort town in the southern state of Oaxaca. 

Authorities issued a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch for a 350-mile stretch of the country's Pacific coast -- including Acapulco and Ixtapa beach resorts -- as Carlotta gathered strength. 

The hurricane was moving west parallel to the coast at 14 mph and was seen continuing that general movement for the next 24 hours, the NWS Web site showed. Hurricane force winds extended outward up to 25 miles from the center, while tropical storm force winds reached out up to 125 miles . 

Maximum sustained winds were near 75 mph , just above the 74 mph standard for hurricanes, and gusts were higher, said the NWS. 

In Acapulco, 127 temporary shelters had been set up with water, food and blankets, to accommodate those who may be affected, said Sabas de la Rosa, Civil Protection director at the port. 

De la Rosa said that an evacuation of families in high risk areas started late Monday and added that almost 11,000 families were being urged to move to the temporary shelters. 

The annual storm season has been especially brutal in Mexico in the past few years. In 1999 the worst flooding in 40 years killed at least 425 people. In 1998 flooding in Chiapas killed hundreds and in 1997 Hurricane Paulina killed an estimated 400 Mexicans, mostly in Acapulco. 


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Menaces Mexico's Pacific Coast...06/20/00</B></FONT></FONT> 
<P><FONT size=+1>MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Carlotta, upgraded from a 
tropical storm, moved through the Pacific parallel to the Mexican coast Monday, 
where it threatened the popular beach resort of Acapulco, weather officials 
said. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=+1>According to the National Weather Service in Miami, by 7 p.m. 
local time Carlotta was swirling about 205 miles west-southwest of Puerto Angel, 
a resort town in the southern state of Oaxaca. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=+1>Authorities issued a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch 
for a 350-mile stretch of the country's Pacific coast -- including Acapulco and 
Ixtapa beach resorts -- as Carlotta gathered strength. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=+1>The hurricane was moving west parallel to the coast at 14 mph 
and was seen continuing that general movement for the next 24 hours, the NWS Web 
site showed. Hurricane force winds extended outward up to 25 miles from the 
center, while tropical storm force winds reached out up to 125 miles . </FONT>
<P><FONT size=+1>Maximum sustained winds were near 75 mph , just above the 74 
mph standard for hurricanes, and gusts were higher, said the NWS. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=+1>In Acapulco, 127 temporary shelters had been set up with water, 
food and blankets, to accommodate those who may be affected, said Sabas de la 
Rosa, Civil Protection director at the port. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=+1>De la Rosa said that an evacuation of families in high risk 
areas started late Monday and added that almost 11,000 families were being urged 
to move to the temporary shelters. </FONT>
<P><FONT size=+1>The annual storm season has been especially brutal in Mexico in 
the past few years. In 1999 the worst flooding in 40 years killed at least 425 
people. In 1998 flooding in Chiapas killed hundreds and in 1997 Hurricane 
Paulina killed an estimated 400 Mexicans, mostly in Acapulco. 
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