BCS opens shelters and forecasts up to 155 mm of rain in La Paz and Los Cabos from 'Marie'
The State Civil Protection Council forecasts 75 to 155 millimeters of accumulated rain Saturday through Tuesday and restricts sea access at beaches in both municipalities.
Baja California Sur's State Civil Protection Council forecast intense rainfall of between 75 and 155 millimeters in the municipalities of La Paz and Los Cabos, from Saturday through Tuesday, driven by the circulation linked to Hurricane Marie. Governor Víctor Manuel Castro Cosío urged residents to take extra precautions and to rely only on official channels.
According to the National Meteorological Service, Marie remains a Category 1 hurricane moving parallel to the peninsula without making landfall, and is expected to weaken to a tropical storm on Monday, September 7. Even as it pulls away from the coast, the system will generate waves of up to four meters along the Sudcaliforniano shoreline.
As a preventive measure, the state government activated its temporary-shelter plan. In La Paz, the sites enabled were the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur, the José María Garma González middle school in El Centenario, the Emma Isabel Osuna Mancillas school and the Gabriel Francisco Ojeda Agúndez middle school; the Los Cabos sites were to be announced as the operation advanced.
Authorities restricted sea access at El Médano, Empacadora, the San José del Cabo hotel zone and La Playita beaches in Los Cabos, as well as along the El Comitán to El Caimancito stretch in La Paz. The Civil Protection Subsecretariat is supervising 169 temporary shelters across the state during cyclone season.
The Council's central recommendation is to avoid risky situations, especially not attempting to cross arroyos, streambeds or flooded areas, since currents can sweep away people and vehicles. In Ciudad Constitución, in the municipality of Comondú, classes have already been suspended due to the rainfall.
For residents, it helps to store important documents in plastic bags, clear trash and objects that could block storm drains outside the home, keep phones charged and locate the nearest temporary shelter before the weather worsens. The Pacific cyclone season runs through November, so these advisories may recur in the coming weeks.
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The State Civil Protection Council expects the tropical storm to weaken to a depression Friday afternoon; Hurricane Trudy is not expected to affect Baja California Sur.
State Civil Protection expects the system to decay into a tropical depression and remnant low between Friday and Sunday; only the port of La Paz remains open.
The tropical storm has weakened slightly; no watches or warnings are in effect for Baja California Sur, but rain and high surf are still forecast through Saturday.