Hurricane Henriette targets the Baja California Peninsula by Steph Ball
Henriette was upgraded to a hurricane overnight as winds strengthened to 75mph (120km/h) and is expected to make landfall on the Lower Baja Peninsula later today – an area packed with holiday resorts.
As of Tuesday morning, Henriette was sitting just south of Cabo San Lucas and is expected to continue travelling north to northwesterly, strengthening a little further before it makes landfall. The Mexican Government has issued a hurricane warning for the southern Baja Peninsula from Loreto southwards on the east coast, and from Bahia Magdalena southwards on the west coast, including Cabo San Lucas.
Henriette developed last Thursday. As it ran parallel to the Mexican coast during Friday and the weekend, it dumped torrential rains on Guerrero state, triggering a landslide which killed six people in the resort of Acapulco.
It is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain, up to 125mm of rain (5 inches) across some of the Mexican coast and as much as 300mm (12 inches) along parts of the Baja Peninsula.
Over the next few days as Henriette moves inland it is expected to weaken again, though bringing some much needed rain to southern California and Arizona.
