Willa dissipates, but evacuations continue, towns cut off
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(24 Oct 2018) Emergency workers on Wednesday were struggling to reach beach towns left incommunicado by a blow from Hurricane Willa, and rains from the storm continued to force evacuations due to fear of flooding, even as it dissipated over northern Mexico. There were no immediate reports of deaths, but the storm's 120 mph (195 kph) winds knocked out power and damaged buildings in the Sinaloa state municipality of Escuinapa, and local residents were busy on Wednesday clearing fallen trees on the streets and from their homes. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said storm rapidly lost force and dissipated over northern Mexico Wednesday morning. It peaked as a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph (250 kilometres per hour) over the Pacific on Monday. 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 U.S. and Canadian expatriates. Torrential rains began in the afternoon, and emergency officials said they had evacuated more than 4,250 people in coastal towns and set up 58 shelters ahead of the storm. Schools were ordered closed. 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/9e29db8df0dfb2c1a79aecb83a0e3686
