Hurricane Lorenzo lashed Mexico's Gulf coast today with 130 km/h winds and heavy rain as its eye approached the port of Tuxpan.
Satelite image of hurricane Lorenzo which strenghthened to a category 1 storm as it bore down on Mexico's Gulf Coast. Image: AP.
Lorenzo, which strengthened to a Category One hurricane yesterday evening, could grow fiercer before it makes landfall later today but should weaken rapidly after that, the US National Hurricane Centre said.
It was not seen affecting Mexico's oil production, although around 100,000 people living between Tuxpan and the town of Nautla further south were evacuated to storm shelters.
If it makes landfall at hurricane force, Lorenzo will be the third hurricane to hit Mexico in the last few weeks after Dean and Henriette pounded its Caribbean and Pacific coasts.