Tropical Storm Norman Drenches Mexico
Pastor Dale Morgan
Tropical Storm Norman Drenches Mexico*
The Associated Press
October 16, 2006; 7:28 PM
MEXICO CITY -- A tropical storm regained strength Sunday and lashed
southwestern Mexico with heavy rains, forecasters said.
The weather system, which had been named Tropical Storm Norman before
disintegrating last week, strengthened back to a tropical depression
Sunday, with maximum sustained winds near 35 mph.
The government had issued a tropical storm warning Sunday for a swath of
the Pacific Coast from the port city of Lazaro Cardenas to Cabo
Corrientes, but discontinued it about 12 hours later.
The storm was centered about 30 miles west of the resort town of
Manzanillo late Sunday afternoon. It had been speeding toward Mexico's
coast earlier, but slowed down rapidly before becoming stationary and
starting to dissipate again.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the depression could
drop 6 to 12 inches of rain over some areas, with isolated accumulations
of 15 inches, threatening flash floods and mudslides.
Mexico was hit by two hurricanes last month. Hurricane John battered a
remote section of Baja California, killing five people and destroying
160 homes, while Hurricane Lane struck the resort town of Mazatlan,
causing relatively minor damage.