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Hurricane Trudy makes its way toward Mexico as Typhoon Champi threatens Guam · Best of: Features

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  Hurricane Trudy strengthened to Category two as it approaches Mexico coast. This
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  article is being read by an automated voice generated by Everlett. Miami,
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  the AP. Trudy strengthened to a Category two hurricane as it moved
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  Mexico's southwestern and west central Pacific coast on Saturday, the US National
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  hurricane Center said. A hurricane warning was in effect from Manzanill in
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  Colima State to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco The latest NHC data showed
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  the Category II hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per
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  hour, 155 kilometers per hour, and was about 175 miles, 280
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  kilometers south of Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco State and 100 miles, 160
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  kilometers south southwest of Manzanillo, moving northwest at 10 miles per hour,
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  17 kilometers per hour. Meanwhile, Typhoon Champy strengthened into a Category Four
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  Super Typhoon as it moved past Guam. Trudy's Center was expected to
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  approach the Mexican coastal on Saturday and pass near it into Sunday.
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  After the latest warning, Mexico's government issued a tropical storm warning for
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  Las Islas Marias and discontinued a similar warning for its coast south
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  of Lazaro Cardinas. The Mexican Navy urged mariners and coastal residents to
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  exercise extreme caution because of high waves, heavy rain, and the risk
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  of rising rivers, flooding and landslides in vulnerable areas. Kalima authorities said
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  the risks remained low, but warned that heavy rainfall could cause damage
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  because the ground was already saturated by successive storms along the Pacific
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  coast. Trudy was expected to bring four to eight inches of rain
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  through the weekend, with isolated totals of around fifteen inches, thirty eight
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  centimeters. Also in the Pacific, Shampy strengthened into a Category 4 super
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  typhoon with 150 mph, 240 km per hour, sustained winds as it
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  moved west-northwest at 16 mph, 26 km per hour. At 1 a.m.
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  GMT it was 95 miles, 153 km, west-southwest of
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  Guam according to the U.S. National Weather Service. The storm was forecast
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  to pass south of Guam early Sunday local time and continue intensifying
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  through the day. Guam and Rhoda remained under a typhoon warning, while
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  Tinian and Saipan were under a tropical storm warning and typhoon watch.
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  The governors of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands both requested emergency
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  disaster declarations on Friday. On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump approved an
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  emergency declaration for Guam authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate
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  all federal disaster relief efforts. FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is
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  available for the territory of Guam to supplement local response efforts following
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  Typhoon Champion. Airports, harbours, and some health facilities in the territories were
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  closed. Resources were unlikely to reach the islands for three to five
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  days, according to Saturday updates from the FEMA. The territories are still
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  recovering from super typhoons Sinlaku and Bavi, which struck in April and
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  July, respectively.