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Hernan intensifying off Mexico
Tropical Storm Hernan was a short-lived tropical cyclone that caused widespread flooding and destructive mudslides across southwestern Mexico in late August2020. The eighth named storm of the 2020 Pacific hurricane season, Hernan formed to the southwest of Mexico on August26. The cyclone peaked with maximum sustained winds of 70km/h (45mph) and a minimum atmospheric pressure of 1001mbar (hPa; 29.56inHg) before passing just offshore western Mexico and dissipating in the Gulf of California. Despite not making landfall, Hernan dropped extremely heavy rainfall across several states, peaking at nearly 610mm (24in) in Jalisco. More than 305mm (12in) of rain fell across the Costa Grande of Guerrero from August24 to 27. A total of 1,674 homes and 9 schools suffered severe damage. A man died after falling off his roof while checking for storm damage. The cyclone caused MXN$594.05million (USD$26.91million) in damage across seven states along the Pacific coast of Mexico. (Fullarticle...)
...that the Chicana artist Yolanda Lopez became famous with the painting "Virgen de Guadalupe", which represents Lopez's personal investigation into Virgen de Guadalupe's status in Mexican society?
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