La Paz Mexico Travels: Norbert strengthens to Category 2 storm as it nears Baja California Peninsula

Sabado, Setyembre 5, 2015

Norbert strengthens to Category 2 storm as it nears Baja California Peninsula

SHOTLIST
Cabo San Lucas – 9 October, 2008
1. Wide beach near Cabo San Lucas
2. Tourists walking past the marina
3. Wide main street of Cabo San Lucas
4. Pan right tourists walking down street
5. Wide of main street
6. Various public transport bus
7. Wide main street
8. Wide tourists walking along marina
9. Tourists walking
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Eli Tubia, American tourist:
“At the hotel we’re staying at, Casa Dorada, they kind of cleared out the beach, and the restaurants that they have on the beach they took all the furnishings away, all the paintings, everything removed. They’re storing them.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Claudia Tubia, American tourist:
“And last night we went on a cruise and they were putting large tyres on the cruise ships to make sure that they’re – so they don’t get banged up.”
11. Wide tourists walking along marina
12. Residents walking along main street
La Paz, Baja California Sur – 10 October 2008
13. Close of newspaper in La Paz
14. Tilt up newspaper vendor
15. Newspaper vendor
16. Wide beach front
17. Mid of beach front showing calm water
18. Wide of street
19. Shop front with taped up windows
20. Zoom out close to medium of taped windows
21. Various of naval ship with sailors aboard
22. Wide of naval tanker driving on street
23. Tilt down from flagpole to fisherman Jose Luis Sesena working on his boat
24. Fishing boats lined along beach front where they have been pulled ashore
25. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jose Luis Sesena, Fisherman:
“The yellow flag is the signal of the third degree of the storm. If they put up the red flag, that’s the last step, meaning that the storm is imminent. So far they haven’t said anything to that effect.”
26. Sesena working on his boat
27. Wide of the sea from La Paz
28. Man sweeping water off his roof
STORLINE:
Forecasters said on Friday that Hurricane Norbert has regained strength and has become a Category 2 storm as it takes aim at Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula.
The US National Hurricane Centre says Norbert has sustained winds of 100 miles per hour (mph) (161 kilometres per hour – kph).
In Cabo San Lucas and La Paz, Mexico, fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches on Friday as Hurricane Norbert strengthened.
Norbert was expected to hit land early on Saturday along a relatively unpopulated stretch of coastline north of the resort of Cabo San Lucas.
A hurricane warning was issued for the west coast of Baja California. Forecasters said it would weaken somewhat before hitting land.
Under overcast skies, fishermen pulled their boats onto beaches in La Paz, a port town in the peninsula’s eastern coast. Yellow flags were up on beaches, warning people to stay out of the water.
Eli and Claudia Tubia, on holiday from Texas, took a cruise on Wednesday night despite the coming storm, but their hotel in Cabo San Lucas was already putting outdoor furniture and paintings away, Eli said.
Early Friday, Norbert was still 275 miles (445 kilometres) southwest of Baja’s southern tip, but moving north at 10 mph (17 kph.)
Meanwhile, southeast of Norbert, a tropical storm warning was issued from Lagunas de Chacahua to Zihuatanejo in Mexico as Tropical Storm Odile moved parallel to Mexico’s southern Pacific coastline.
Forecasters said it wasn’t expected to hit land directly, but would sweep close to the coast on Saturday and could dump up to 8 inches (20 centimetres) of rain, possibly causing mudslides.
The storm’s maximum sustained winds were near 60 mph (95 kph) with strengthening expected. It was centered about 245 miles (395 kilometres) southeast of the resort of Acapulco, and was moving northwest at 9 mph (15 kph.)