(CNN Spanish) – Ileana is moving in the area near the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico, at a speed of 11 kilometers per hour, with sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour, according to a report this Saturday from the US National Hurricane Center. .USA (National Hurricane Center, NHC).
Tropical Storm Ileana formed off the coast of Jalisco, in the Pacific Ocean, after evolving from Tropical Depression Nueve-E, reported the National Meteorological Service of Mexico.
This Friday, Ileana remained 15 km away from Baja California Sur, without impacting land, Conagua reported, in its latest report on Friday. On Saturday it could hit the Gulf of California and on Sunday it would approach the coasts of the Mexican state of Sonora. according to a report from the same source.
During the last hours of Friday, tropical storm Ileana moved over the coast, approximately 15 kilometers (km) away, between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., central Mexico time, over southern Baja California, reported Withwater.
At 9:00 p.m., it was located 45 kilometers east-southeast of Los Barriles, and 90 km northeast of Cabo San Lucas, both towns in Baja California Sur, with maximum sustained winds of 65 kilometers per hour (km/h). ), gusts of 85 km/h and movement towards the north at 15 km/h.
Conagua asks the population to take extreme precautions in the areas of the mentioned states due to rain, wind and waves, including maritime navigation, and to follow the recommendations issued by the authorities of the National Civil Protection System of each state.
“Torrential rains (150 to 250 millimeters (mm)) will prevail in Baja California Sur and Sinaloa, intense (75 to 150 mm) in Sonora, very strong (50 to 75 mm) in Durango, and strong (25 to 50 mm) in Chihuahua and Nayarit,” he reported in his latest report.
The rains could also generate “waterlogging, an increase in the levels of rivers and streams, as well as landslides and flooding in low areas of the aforementioned states.”
