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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | September 2007 
Tropical Storm Henriette Kills 6 in Acapulco
 Gerardo Torres - Reuters
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Acapulco - Tropical Storm Henriette swept by Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday, killing six people in the resort of Acapulco before moving out to sea, where it could become a hurricane.
A man and his two children were killed in a poor area of Acapulco overnight when heavy rain dislodged a boulder from a hill and sent it crashing down on their house.
Three more children died after a mudslide collapsed part of their home.
A hurricane watch from the busy port of Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes, near the beach resort of Puerto Vallarta, was called off, although a tropical storm warning remained on some parts of the coast.
After lashing Mexico's Pacific coast with rain, Henriette was expected to start moving farther out to sea and was seen strengthening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
"Henriette could become a hurricane during the next day or so," the center said.
On Saturday, the center of the storm was about 80 miles
south of Manzanillo, moving northwest with maximum sustained winds of some 50 mph (85 kmph) with higher gusts, the hurricane center said. A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when maximum sustained winds reach 74 mph (119 kph).
Flooding and mudslides from heavy rain often wreck fragile houses built too close to rivers or unstable hills around tourist areas like Acapulco and Los Cabos, in Baja California.
At least 10 people were killed when rains trailing Hurricane Dean pounded Mexico last week.
Henriette is expected to pass more than 100 miles off the southern coast of the Baja California peninsula on Monday, according to the Miami-based center.
(Additional reporting by Noel Randewich) |
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