MIAMI — Hurricane Trudy slammed into Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday, delivering heavy rain and strong winds, while the U.S. National Hurricane Center issued warnings of potentially life‑threatening flooding and mudslides.
A hurricane warning covered the stretch from Manzanillo in Colima to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco. The National Hurricane Center reported the Category 2 storm with sustained winds of 100 mph (155 kph) located roughly 135 miles (215 km) south of Cabo Corrientes and 115 miles (185 km) west‑southwest of Manzanillo, drifting northwestward at 9 mph (15 kph).
Typhoon Champi intensified into a Category 4 super typhoon while moving past Guam.
The storm’s center was forecast to linger near the Mexican shoreline through Sunday evening before slipping south of the Baja California Peninsula. A tropical storm warning stayed in force for Las Islas Marias, while the advisory for the coastline stretching from Punta San Telmo to Lázaro Cárdenas was lifted.
The Mexican Navy called on mariners and coastal residents to exercise extreme caution because of hazardous conditions, including high waves, heavy rainfall, and the threat of swollen rivers, flooding, and landslides in susceptible zones.
Authorities in Colima reported that risks remained low, yet cautioned that continued heavy rain could cause damage due to the already saturated ground resulting from a series of earlier Pacific storms.
The hurricane is projected to deliver 4–8 inches (10–20 cm) of rain through the weekend, with isolated accumulations reaching about 12 inches (30 cm) along the coasts of Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco. The National Hurricane Center warned of potentially life‑threatening flooding and mudslides, particularly in regions with steep topography.
Separately, Typhoon Champi continued moving west away from Guam on Sunday after brushing the island’s southern tip, with sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph). At 1 p.m. local time, it was positioned 130 miles (210 km) west of Guam, advancing westward at 16 mph (26 kph), the U.S. National Weather Service reported.
The system could upgrade to a Category 5 super typhoon early Monday local time. Guam and Rota stay under a typhoon warning, whereas the tropical storm warning and typhoon watch for Tinian and Saipan have been lifted.
The governors of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands each asked for emergency disaster declarations on Friday.
On Saturday, President Donald Trump signed an emergency declaration for Guam, empowering the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all federal disaster relief. FEMA indicated that federal assistance was now available to the island territory to support local recovery operations after Typhoon Champi.
Airports, harbors and several health facilities across the territories were shut down. Deliveries of supplies are not expected to reach the islands for three to five days, FEMA reported on Saturday.
The region remains in recovery mode after the back‑to‑back super typhoons Sinlaku and Bavi, which hit in April and July, respectively.