tropical storm tropical storm short lived tropical cyclone october caused significant flooding southern mexico storm originated area low pressure associated monsoon trough near central_america early october slow moving system low eventually consolidated tropical depression october near mexican coastline favorable environmental conditions aided rapid development hours designation eye formed storm center ultimately achieved peak strong tropical storm mph winds landfall southeast mexico region mountainous terrain quickly weakened cyclone dissipated early october cyclone dissipated remnant energy later contributed formation tropical atlantic prior landfall government mexico issued multiple watches warnings threatened region forecasters highlighted threat heavy rains mudslides guerrero experienced greatest effects landslides flooding claiming lives state people evacuated region ninth fatality took place meteorological history october weak area low pressure developed monsoon trough extreme eastern edge environmental conditions ahead system forecast gradually favorable tropical cyclogenesis situated near costa_rica scattered convection accompanied defined system low defined following days remaining general area national_hurricane_center nhc began monitoring system long term cyclogenesis october time low situated south guatemala organization prolonged slow convergence wave gulf gap wind event october spurred significant increase convection marked structural improvements took place october nhc assessed high probability system tropical cyclone hours evening data ships satellite imagery estimates indicated formation tropical depression utc cyclone located warm waters moist region low wind shear intensification certainty depression approached mexico existed fast system forecast models depicting system offshore days forecasters indicated steady northward movement lead dissipation hours owing aforementioned environmental conditions depression intensified tropical storm utc october subsequently assigned nhc deep convection center accompanying banding features morning october central dense overcast increasingly defined microwave satellite imagery coastal radars depicted formation wide eye utc estimated reached peak intensity utc october maximum sustained winds mph barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg simultaneously storm landfall southeast roughly east acapulco interaction mountainous terrain mexico quickly took toll system tropical depression utc low level circulation depression dissipated early october mid level remnants continuing northeastward mexico remnant system emerged october subsequently developed later tropical october dissipation surface low considered separate tropical cyclones nhc preparations impact designation tropical depression october tropical storm warning issued coastal areas mexico forecasters nhc noted greatest threat system torrential rains guerrero trigger life threatening flash floods mudslides rapid organization system prompted hurricane watch issued utc october areas acapulco watch soon discontinued failed reach hurricane intensity moving inland mexico tropical storm warning subsequently allowed utc weakened depression addition watches warnings yellow alert activated guerrero october abruptly intensifying prior landfall red alert activated southeastern guerrero southwestern rest guerrero placed orange alert total shelters opened eastern areas guerrero heavy rains guerrero havoc causing widespread flooding damage total people evacuated risk areas state residents urged leave river threatened banks wall collapses attributed storm resulted deaths landslide killed people flooding killed people road access towns cut main road acapulco damaged landslides flooding approximately homes affected storm damaged flooding destroyed households lost power storm vast majority restored day state emergency later declared towns guerrero experienced similar impacts guerrero flooding landslides causing damage road infrastructure notably bridge collapsed leaving villages isolated washed away requiring repair bill million emergency declaration municipalities blamed death
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