Rick Storm Passed East of the Pacific Ocean

Rick storm passed east of the Pacific Ocean toward Mexico, Monday 19 October 2009, after a turbulent sea water resulted in killing one person on the beach at the southern tip of Baja California peninsula. Hurricane Rick, who predicted hit luxury resorts around the Baja California Wednesday morning, began to weaken a Category 1 storm with maximum wind speed of 140 kilometers per hour and its strength is expected to decline a Tropical Cyclone before it reaches land.

A man from Sinaloa state, the adjacent, drowned to death on Sunday, when he was trapped by a wave and slammed into the rocks on the beach near Los Cabos, according to media reports. On Monday, business owners put plywood on their windows and residents gather sandbags during storm warnings posted for the area. Some U.S. citizens who hobby fishing tournament postponed a scheduled three days starting Wednesday and usually attract dozens of Americans.

Hurricane Rick was the seventh storm of hurricane season in the Pacific ocean tumir. Last month, the storm Jimena, with Category 4 storm, pounding the Baja California with strong winds and heavy rains, killing an elderly man whose house was filled with water. U.S. National Hurrican Center, Monday, warned that several inches of rainfall can cause flash floods and landslides that threaten life and said seawater would be bumpy for the next two days, can cause dangerous conditions for surfers.

However, many hotel guests optimistic and wait to see whether the storm will weaken in the next few hours. "They expect the storm will move away from Cabo," said Mauricio Balderrama, General Manager Cabo Surf Hotel. Until Monday night, the storm rick was 495 kilometers southwest of Cabo San Lucas travel, and moving northwest at about 11 kilometers per hour.