Mexico City.- President Andrés Manuel López Obrador alerted residents of Costa Chica in Guerrero and from Cuajinicuilapa to Huatulco, Oaxaca, about Hurricane “John,” which, he said, will make landfall in two hours as a Category 3 storm.
“Look for higher ground, protect yourselves and don’t forget that the most important thing is life; material things are replaced. We will be watching,” he wrote on his X account, formerly Twitter.
For its part, the National Water Commission reported that Hurricane John is slowly approaching the coasts of Guerrero and Oaxaca, which will cause extraordinary rainfall in Guerrero and Oaxaca, torrential rain in Chiapas, intense rain in Puebla and Veracruz, and very strong rain in Morelos and Tabasco. In addition, it announced that wind gusts of 160 to 180 kilometers per hour and waves of 5 to 7 meters high are expected on the coasts of Oaxaca, as well as gusts of 100 to 120 km/h with waves of 3 to 5 meters on the coasts of Guerrero,
At 18:00 hours, John was located 45 kilometers south of Punta Maldonado, Guerrero, and 105 km west-southwest of Lagunas de Chacahua, Oaxaca, with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h, gusts of 205 km/h and moving north at 15 km/h.
If this trajectory continues, the center of “John” is expected to make landfall between Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, Oaxaca, and Copala, Guerrero, between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. today. On Monday afternoon, authorities in Oaxaca and Guerrero ordered the suspension of classes in anticipation of the next impact of this meteorological phenomenon. In Oaxaca, in addition to this measure, Governor Salomón Jara reported that he would travel to the Costa region to coordinate emergency actions. “Generate the institutional deployment of all state agencies; mobilize machinery that allows for dealing with any contingency on roads and highways; enable temporary shelters to care for families; evacuate tourist areas, suspend classes in all educational institutions in the area; keep the population informed,” he said in a video.
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