Tropical Storm Ileana roared ashore in Mexico’s Sinaloa state this weekend, bringing heavy rain and choppy waves to coastal communities just a day after battering the tourist hotspots of Los Cabos 🌊. The storm, which formed Thursday off Mexico’s Pacific coast, made landfall near Topolobampo with winds of 40 mph (65 km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center.
What’s Happening?
Ileana is expected to weaken into a tropical depression as it moves parallel to the Gulf of California on Sunday 🌀. Schools in La Paz and Los Cabos closed Friday, while 20 temporary shelters opened to protect residents. Tour operators and hotel staff scrambled to safeguard visitors, with some resorts piling sandbags to hold back floodwaters.
Local Impact
Alan Galvan, a valet worker at a Cabo San Lucas resort, described the scene: \"Guests are calm, but flights are canceled, and the waves are wild.\" Nearby, roads flooded as rain pounded the region, though adventurous tourists still wandered docks under umbrellas ☔.
Lyzzette Liceaga, a Los Cabos tour operator, stressed safety: \"We’re checking on colleagues in high-risk areas first.\" Meanwhile, Ileana shared the weather spotlight with Tropical Storm Gordon in the Atlantic, which is predicted to stay over open water 🌍.
