Mexican state tells shops to shut ahead of Willa
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(23 Oct 2018) Hurricane Willa roared over an offshore penal colony and closed in on Mexico's Pacific coast with 120 milles per hour (195 kilometres per hour) winds on Tuesday, threatening a major resort area along with fishing villages and farms. Emergency officials said they evacuated more than 4,250 people in coastal towns and set up 58 shelters ahead of the dangerous Category 3 storm, which was expected to blow ashore in the evening near Mazatlan. The Mexican town is a tourist spot of high-rise hotels and about 500,000 people, many of them US and Canadian expatriates. Forecasters said it could bring life-threatening storm surge and torrential rain. As Willa closed in, the beach in Mazatlan almost disappeared, with waves slamming against the coastal boulevard, black clouds looming overhead. A few surfers took advantage of the high waves even as workers boarded up windows on hotels, shops and homes. Schools were closed and the streets nearly empty. The federal government issued a decree of "extraordinary emergency" for 19 municipalities in Nayarit and Sinaloa states. 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/69d43d74f7b0f9104ba47c591e52ebe7
