Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
4 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Heavy rain and strong winds hit portions of Mexico’s southwestern and west-central Pacific coast early on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.
asserted
Center → hit → Sunday
A hurricane warning remains in place from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco.
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warning → remain → Jalisco
The Category 2 hurricane registered sustained winds of 100 mph (155 km/h), located 135 miles (215 kilometres) south of Cabo Corrientes and 115 miles (185 kilometres) west-southwest of Manzanillo, moving north-west at 9 mph (15 km/h).
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hurricane → register → mph
Meanwhile, Typhoon Champi intensified into a Category 4 super typhoon as it passed Guam.
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it → intensify → Guam
Trudy’s centre is expected to linger near the Mexican coast through Sunday evening before tracking south of the Baja California Peninsula.
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centre → expect → Peninsula
Potential morning strengthening should give way to weakening later in the day.
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strengthening → give → day
A tropical storm warning covers Las Islas Marias, though alerts east of Punta San Telmo to Lazaro Cardenas have been discontinued.
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alerts → cover → Cardenas
The Mexican navy has urged mariners and coastal residents to exercise extreme caution, warning of high waves, torrential rain, rising rivers, flooding, and landslides in vulnerable areas.
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navy → urge → areas
Colima authorities said the risks remained low, but warned that heavy rainfall could cause damage because the ground was already saturated by successive storms along the Pacific coast.
Trudy was expected to bring 4-8 inches (10-20 centimeters) of rain through the weekend, with isolated totals of around 12 inches (30 centimeters) along and near the coast in Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco.
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Trudy → say → Michoacan
The hurricane center warned of potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas with steep terrain.
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center → warn → terrain
Also in the Pacific, Champi was moving away from Guam on Sunday after passing close to the island’s southern tip, with sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph).
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Champi → move → mph
At 1 pm Sunday local time it was 130 miles (210 kilometers) west of Guam, moving west at 16 mph (26 kph), according to the US National Weather Service.
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it → move → Service
The storm could strengthen into a Category 5 super typhoon early Monday.
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storm → strengthen → typhoon
Guam and Rota remained under a typhoon warning, while the tropical storm warning and typhoon watch for Tinian and Saipan were canceled.
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warning → remain → Tinian
The governors of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands both requested emergency disaster declarations on Friday.
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governors → request → Friday
On Saturday, US President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for Guam authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all federal disaster relief efforts.
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Trump → approve → efforts
FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance is available for the territory of Guam to supplement local response efforts following Typhoon Champi.
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territory → announce → Champi
Airports, harbors and some health facilities in the territories were closed.
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Airports → close → territories
Resources were unlikely to reach the islands for three to five days, according to Saturday updates from FEMA.
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Resources → reach → FEMA
The territories are still recovering from super typhoons Sinlaku and Bavi, which struck in April and July, respectively.
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which → recover → April
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