Bonnie, the third hurricane of the 2022 eastern North Pacific season, made landfall as a tropical storm off the Caribbean coast near the Nicaragua-Costa Rica border on Friday night, bringing heavy rainfall across the region before moving into the Pacific on Saturday. read more In El Salvador, authorities confirmed one death due to torrential rains. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter that classes would be suspended across the country on Monday. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register The hurricane could reach Category 2 on Monday night with winds of up to 110 mph (177 km/h) as it travels parallel to the coast before moving away from Mexico on Wednesday, Mexico’s national weather service said. Ocean swells generated by Bonnie “are likely to produce life-threatening surf and rip conditions of current conditions,” the NHC said in an advisory. Mexico’s weather service warned that the typhoon could bring heavy rains, mudslides, flooding, strong winds and ocean waves of up to 16 feet (5 meters) along the country’s southern Pacific coast. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Reporting by Jackie Botts in Oaxaca City and Noe Torres in Mexico City. Editing: Paul Simao and Bradley Perrett Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
