Hurricane John has struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with life-threatening flood potential.
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The center said before landfall that “life-threatening” storm surges and flash floods were already ravaging the Pacific coast near Oaxaca. Ana Aldai, a 33-year-old employee of a restaurant on the shores of the tourist hub Puerto Escondido, said businesses in the area began closing after authorities ordered the suspension of all work on the area's main beaches.
Videos on social media from Puerto Escondido showed flip-flop-clad tourists walking through heavy rain and fishermen pulling their boats out of the water. Strong rains in previous days have already left some roads in the region in a precarious position. The hurricane is bleak news for the region, which last year was walloped by Otis, a similar rapidly intensifying hurricane., where residents had little warning of the strength of what was about to hit them. One of the most rapidly intensifying hurricanes ever seen, scientists at the time said it was
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