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Mexico - Tropical cyclone LIDIA, update (GDACS, NOAA, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 13 October 2023)

  • After passing over the coastal City of Puerto Vallarta, western Jalisco State, bordering with southern Nayarit State on 11 October as Cat. 3 Hurricane, the remnants of LIDIA caused heavy rainfall across western and central Mexico on 11-12 October.

  • Media report, as of 13 October, five fatalities across Jalisco State and Nayarit State. A number of landslides were also reported in the area of Puerto Vallarta.

  • Over the next 24 hours, more rainfall is still forecast over the coastal area of western Mexico.