"Carlotta" a
Category hurricane becomes in the Pacific and affecting northwest parallel to
the Mexican west coast, said the National Meteorological Service (SMN) of
Mexico. Meteorologist Bandala Erendira said at 10:00 local time (15:00 GMT)
"Carlotta" became a hurricane and its danger rating went from
"moderate" to "strong." The hurricane, the second this
season in the Pacific, is located 195 kilometers south-southeast of Puerto
Angel, Oaxaca state (southern Mexico), and 530 miles south of Acapulco,
Guerrero. The sources of SMN, an agency of National Water Commission (Conagua),
added that maintaining an alert for the coastal strip running from Tonala Bar,
in the state of Chiapas, to Tecpan de Galeana, in Guerrero, southern Mexico.
