Mexico is bracing for another hurricane that’s expected to come ashore in the state of Veracruz, on the country’s east coast, on Friday morning.

As of late Thursday night, Hurricane Lorenzo was a Category 1 in the Gulf of Mexico, headed for Tuxpan, one of the country’s oil producing regions. Lorenzo’s winds were clocked at 80 mph, with higher gusts.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami has issued a hurricane warning from Palma Sola to Cabo Rojo, and says Lorenzo could strengthen before making landfall, then rapidly weaken.

The NHC is also forecasting storm surge flooding of 2 to 4 feet above normal tide levels, along with large and dangerous battering waves near and to the north of where the center crosses the coast.

Lorenzo is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 5 to 10 inches, with possible isolated maximum amounts of 15 inches, over portions of east central mexico. Those rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.

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