Lidia has dissipated after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerta Vallarta. One person was killed by a falling tree and two others were injured after the hurricane made landfall on Tuesday and carried winds as high as 140 mph before moving inland. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday that Lidia's winds were down to 35 mph as it dissipated about 145 miles north-northeast of the city of Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest metropolis. Also Wednesday, Tropical
A communications antenna lays on the street after Hurricane Lidia hit, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Lidia dissipated Wednesday after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane. Firefighters remove trees felled by the winds from Hurricane Lidia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Lidia dissipated Wednesday after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane.
Laura Velázquez, the head of Mexico’s civil defense system, said one person died on the northern outskirts of Puerto Vallarta after being hit by a falling tree, and two others were injured elsewhere in the area. Lidia made landfall Tuesday on Cabo Corrientes, a sparsely populated peninsula, and then moved inland south of Puerto Vallarta with winds of 105 mph , according to the National Hurricane Center.
In 2015, Hurricane Patricia, a Category 5 hurricane, also made landfall on the same sparsely-populated stretch of coastline between the resort of Puerto Vallarta and the major port of Manzanillo.
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