MEXICO CITY — Tropical Storm Trudy, the 22nd named system in the Pacific season, weakened after initially threatening Mexico's Pacific coastline. The storm was first identified as a Category 2 hurricane positioned approximately 100 miles southwest of the Mexican coast, keeping the most severe conditions offshore.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center had issued hurricane warnings for coastal areas in the Mexican states of Jalisco, Michoacán and Colima. Forecasts predicted sustained winds of 60 to 90 miles per hour in these regions.
Anticipated rainfall totals ranged from 100 to 150 millimeters, prompting warnings for potential flooding and landslides. Coastal regions of southwestern Mexico were advised of dangerous storm surge risk and damaging waves.
By Monday morning, Trudy had diminished to a tropical storm. The coastal warnings were lifted.
ATHENS — Greece experienced severe flooding last week due to heavy rain and thunderstorms that killed one person. The affected areas included the islands of Rhodes, Evia and the Sporades.
A weather station on Rhodes recorded 202 millimeters of rain within a six-hour, 20-minute period from 3:30 a.m. to 9:50 a.m. UTC on Oct. 14, according to the National Observatory of Athens.
Regional authorities conducted more than 30 rescue and extrication operations. The Greek coastguard said four passenger vehicles were swept into the sea during the storm, and two cars were carried away by floodwaters on Skiathos.
ISTANBUL — In Turkey, severe flooding in Istanbul last week killed five people. Heavy rainfall on Oct. 14 and 15 caused school closures, flight delays, widespread flooding and landslides across several provinces.
The Istanbul metropolitan municipality recorded 242 millimeters of rain in Beykoz, a district within Istanbul province. Emergency services rescued nearly 600 people who became stranded, and at least 2,700 residents were forced to evacuate their homes.
The Turkish state meteorological service issued alerts for heavy rain and thunderstorms over the weekend covering dozens of provinces, with forecasts indicating an additional 40 to 60 millimeters of rain for parts of the Marmara and western Black Sea regions.
