Hurricane Jova slows off Mexico's Pacific coast

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Mon, Oct 10 2011

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/1...4O20111011

Reuters) - Hurricane Jova weakened slightly on Monday night as it headed for one of Mexico's busiest cargo ports and popular tourist resorts along the country's Pacific coast.

The storm, with top winds reaching 120 miles per hour, was about 155 miles southwest of the port city of Manzanillo late on Monday, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

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"Some fluctuations in strength could occur during the next day or so ... but Jova is still expected to reach the coast of Mexico as a major hurricane," the Hurricane Center said in a forecast at 11 p.m. EDT.

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"A dangerous storm surge is expected to produce significant coastal flooding near and to the east of where the center makes landfall," the latest hurricane advisory said.

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