Foreign Office issues deadly storm warning to US travellers
Travellers to the US are being warned of a deadly storm expected to sweep across the southern States from New Mexico up to New Jersey later today.
The Foreign Office said Hurricane Newton, which has caused at least two deaths in Mexico, is likely to make a second landfall as a tropical storm.
It will bring strong winds and heavy rain to Arizona and New Mexico later today, it said.
Storm Newton is also forecast to bring hazardous sea conditions to coastal areas of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts until tomorrow.
Visitors to the US are being warned to monitor the progress of approaching storms and follow the instructions issued by the local authorities, including any evacuation orders.
Newton made landfall on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula yesterday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, bringing winds of 90 mph, toppling palm trees in the popular holiday resort of Cabo San Lucas.
It also knocked out power in parts of the resort, and a shrimp boat capsized in the Gulf of California killing two people. Three others are missing.
Linsey McNeill
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