Tropical Storm Newton Makes Landfall Again in Mexico After Killing 2 in Baja Malay Mail Online
go to original September 7, 2016

Hurricane Newton impacts on west coast of Mexico (New China TV)

Tropical storm Newton roared into northwestern Mexico early today, making landfall a second time after leaving two people dead in Baja California, US forecasters said.

Downgraded from a hurricane, the storm was still packing 110 kilometre-an-hour winds when it swept into mainland Mexico near Bahia Kino in the state of Sonora, the US National hurricane centre said.

The storm was expected to dump eight to 15 centimetres of rain, before passing into the US state of Arizona later in the day, the Florida-based weather centre said.

After coming ashore for the first time early yesterday, the storm uprooted trees and shattered windows, leaving two dead in Baja California, as thousands of tourists hunkered down in hotels in the Los Cabos resort area.

But the region, which is very popular with American and Canadian tourists, managed to escape major damage, two years after Hurricane Odile ravaged Los Cabos, killing six people and causing US$1 billion damage.

“According to the latest reports, #Newton only caused minor damages in infrastructure,” President Enrique Pena Nieto wrote on Twitter, saying there were no injuries.

The storm caused a large swell that sunk a shrimp fishing boat between the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific ocean, leaving two people dead and three missing, said Los Cabos civil protection director Marco Antonio Vazquez.

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