Hurricane Willa sweeps onto Mexico's Pacific mainland
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(24 Oct 2018) Hurricane Willa swept onto Mexico's Pacific mainland with 120 miles per hour (195 kilometres per hour) winds on Tuesday night, hitting an area of beach towns, fishing villages and farms after roaring over an offshore penal colony. The US National Hurricane Centre said the dangerous Category 3 storm hit near Isla del Bosque in Sinaloa state, and federal officials said there were early reports of power blackouts in some places and damage to flimsy structures with tin roofs. Damage assessments were limited by darkness and disrupted communications, and no extensive information was expected until morning. The storm's forward movement sped up to 17 miles per hour (28 kilometres per hour) and it was beginning to lose power as it swirled over high ground. The hurricane centre said Willa was expected to rapidly weaken during the night. Willa came ashore about 50 miles (80 kilometres) southeast of Mazatlan, a resort city that is home to high-rise hotels and about 500,000 people, including many US and Canadian expatriates. Although hotels, restaurants and stores were boarded over, people ventured onto Mazatlan's coastal boulevard to watch a spectacular sunset as the hurricane obscured the sky to the south. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/660cbb929d1ee59d55e24d3c10793b6c
