Hurricane Trudy menaces Mexico’s Pacific coast and Greece hit by deadly floods

Trudy weakens to tropical storm after warnings of strong winds and heavy rain, while one person killed in Greece In contrast to the quiet Atlantic hurricane season, the Pacific has seen continued activity, with Trudy the 22nd and latest named system.

The category 2 hurricane remained roughly 100 miles south-west of the coast of Mexico, meaning the worst of the conditions stayed offshore.

However, the US National Hurricane Center put coastal parts of the states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Colima under hurricane warnings, with sustained winds of up to 60-90mph forecast on Sunday.

Rainfall totals of 100-150mm were likely for these areas, prompting warnings of flooding and landslides.

Warnings also covered the risk of a dangerous storm surge accompanied by damaging waves in areas of onshore winds across the coast of south-western Mexico.

By Monday morning, Trudy had weakened and been downgraded to a tropical storm, with coastal warnings lifted.

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