Related: The Globe's Monday Munchies
I think I'll be throwing their treat away.
"Ravaged Mexico braces for new storm" Associated Press, October 21, 2013
MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Raymond steamed on Sunday toward Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, an area devastated by rains and mudslides from Tropical Storm Manuel last month.
See: Mexican Mudslides
It's a drink, right?
In a region where 10,000 people are still evacuated after Manuel flooded their homes or created landslide risks, officials raced to get emergency teams in place and considered more evacuations.
The US National Hurricane Center said Raymond is expected to become a hurricane soon but is projected to take a sharp westward turn before it reaches the coast. Mexico is pinning its hopes on a cold front that would help force Raymond to turn away from the coast, said the head of Mexico’s National Water Commission, David Korenfeld....
Forecasters say Raymond is expected to slowly approach Mexico’s southern Pacific coast late Monday or Tuesday. They warn heavy rainfall is possible along the south-central Mexican coast in coming days and could cause more life-threatening flash floods and mudslides. A tropical storm watch is in effect from Acapulco to Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico.
Authorities in southern Guerrero state, where Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid caused about 120 deaths from flooding and landslides, were more worried about the storm’s heavy rains than the winds....
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"Hurricane Raymond strengthened to a Category 3 storm early Monday and threatened to hurl heavy rains onto a sodden region of Mexico’s Pacific Coast already devastated by last month’s Tropical Storm Manuel. Forecasters said that even if Raymond stays off shore, the storm could dump heavy rain and cause flash floods and mudslides along the south-central Mexican coast."
It must have blown right through because that was the last I saw of it in my Globe.
"Monster truck plows into crowd in Mexico" Associated Press, October 07, 2013
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — An out-of-control monster truck shot into a crowd of spectators at a Mexican air show, killing at least eight people and hurting 80 others, dozens of them seriously, officials said. The driver was detained Sunday on suspicion of manslaughter.
Carlos Gonzalez, spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors’ office, said driver Francisco Velazquez appeared to have lost control of the truck after leaping over cars it was crushing during a demonstration at the ‘‘Extreme Aeroshow’’ on Saturday.
The governor of Chihuahua says a test detected alcohol in the driver’s breath but he didn’t reveal the level found or saying whether it violated any law.
Video taken by a spectator shows the truck making an initial pass over two cars, then making a second pass at higher speed, coming down sharply nose-first and bouncing violently before plowing straight into the crowd, which stood directly in the path of the monster truck, unprotected by any wall or barrier.
Some witnesses said the driver appeared to have hit his head on the interior of the truck, which is nicknamed ‘‘Big Show,’’ as he drove over the old cars. At least two witnesses reported seeing the driver’s helmet come off before the massive vehicle drove into the crowd of terrified spectators, who tried to flee.
Gonzalez said the accident killed at least one child and hurt 80 people, 46 of whom remained hospitalized Sunday.
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Also see: Governor begins trade trip to Mexico, Colombia
