MEXICO CITY (AFP) — A fisherman was reported missing in heavy seas as the first Pacific hurricane of the season, Andres, swept up the western coast of Mexico.
In Miami, Florida, the US National Hurricane Center upgraded Andres from a tropical storm to a Category-One hurricane with sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (125 kilometers per hour).
Authorities in the western Mexican state of Guerrero said "the disappearance of a person who was fishing" was reported in the costal town of Tecpan de Galeana.
The hurricane was moving in a northwesterly direction parallel to Mexico's Pacific coast and was not expected to make landfall.
But it was expected to pass near the western state of Jalisco, where authorities went through seven municipalities warning residents to be prepared to go to shelters.
The US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Andres was expected to dump three to six inches of rain over west central Mexico before losing its punch in the coming days.
"Although Andres has become a hurricane today, weakening is forecast in the next day or two," it said.
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