Maps show Hurricane Lorena

One of the two hurricanes that occur on the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday on Wednesday could bring strong rains and perhaps “sudden floods that threaten life and landslides” to the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico later in the week, although possibly as a tropical storm, the forecasts said.

Hurricane Lorena has just achieved the strength of the hurricane, said the National Hurricane Center of the United States in Miami, but it is likely that “rapid strengthening” is through tonight. Then, the center said: “It is expected that rapid weakening begins on Thursday, and Lorena could weaken a tropical storm before Friday.”

Until Wednesday morning, Lorena was located south-southwest of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, just a hurricane status.

A second hurricane of the Pacific, Kiko, was much stronger but further to the sea and did not represent a threat to land.

Maps show the prognosis path of Hurricane Lorena

It is forecast that the center of Lorena “will move parallel to the west coast of the Peninsula of Baja California today and Thursday and then approach the coast on Thursday night and Friday,” according to the Hurricane Center.

Warehouses issued due to Hurricane Lorena

The Government of Mexico registered a tropical storm warning for the west coast of Baja California Sur from Santa Fe to Cabo San Lazaro, and a tropical storm surveillance for the coast of Baja California, north of Cabo San Lazaro, to Punta Abreojos.

The possible impact of Hurricane Lorena

Parts of Baja California Sur and the southeast end of Baja California could obtain 5 to 10 inches of rain with up to 15 inches until Friday, the hurricane center. “This will bring the risk of sudden floods that threaten life and landslides, especially in areas of upper land,” said the Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Kiko is much stronger but not seen as a threat to land

Hurricane Kiko was already a storm of category 2 with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph at dawn on Wednesday and was predicted even stronger and would become a great hurricane later in the day, said the Hurricane Center. That would make it a category 3, with maximum sustained winds between 111 and 129 mph.

But the center said that Kiko was not expected to reach the earth.

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