MANZANILLO/PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, Oct 12 (Reuters) -
Hurricane Jova flooded the streets of Mexico’s main Pacific
port with torrential rain on Wednesday, inundating popular
beach resorts and killing at least four people in mudslides.

While Jova ravaged the coast, a tropical depression to the
southeast prompted thousands of evacuations in Mexico as well
as flooding and mudslides that have killed 18 in Central
America since the start of the week.

PUERTO VALLARTA/MANZANILLO, Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Jova swept inland on Wednesday after making landfall as a Category Two storm on Mexico’s Pacific coast late on Tuesday, dumping heavy rain that threatens to cause flash floods and mudslides.

With top winds reaching 85 miles per hour (140 kph), Jova was about 80 miles (130 km) northwest of the major port city of Manzanillo at 2:00 p.m. PDT (0900 GMT), the U.S. National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.

PUERTO VALLARTA/MANZANILLO, Mexico, Oct 12 (Reuters) -
Hurricane Jova swept inland on Wednesday after making landfall
as a Category Two storm on Mexico’s Pacific coast late on
Tuesday, dumping heavy rain that threatens to cause flash
floods and mudslides.

With top winds reaching 85 miles per hour (140 kph), Jova
was about 80 miles (130 km) northwest of the major port city of
Manzanillo at 2:00 p.m. PDT (0900 GMT), the U.S. National
Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

PUERTO VALLARTA/MANZANILLO, Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Jova made landfall as a Category Two storm on Mexico’s Pacific coast late on Tuesday, threatening one of the country’s busiest cargo ports and tourist resorts with high waves, heavy rain and flooding.

With top winds reaching 100 miles per hour (160 kph), Jova was about 65 miles (100 km) west-northwest of the port city of Manzanillo at 11:00 p.m. PDT (0600 GMT Wednesday), the U.S. National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.

PUERTO VALLARTA/MANZANILLO, Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Jova neared landfall as a Category two storm on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Tuesday, threatening one of the country’s busiest cargo ports and tourist resorts with high waves, heavy rain and flooding.

With top winds reaching 100 miles per hour, Jova was about 60 miles west of the port city of Manzanillo at 11:00 p.m. EDT (0300 GMT Wednesday), the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Hurricane Jova
bore down on the Pacific coast of Mexico on Tuesday threatening
to pound one of the country’s busiest cargo ports and tourist
resorts with destructive waves, heavy rainfall and flooding.

The Category 3 storm, with top winds reaching 115 miles per
hour (185 kph), was about 150 miles (235 km) southwest of the
port city of Manzanillo at 5 a.m. EDT/(0900 GMT), the U.S.
National Hurricane Center said.

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, Oct 11 (Reuters) – Hurricane Jova
bore down on the Pacific coast of Mexico on Tuesday threatening
to pound one of the country’s busiest cargo ports and tourist
resorts with destructive waves, heavy rainfall and flooding.

The Category 3 storm, with top winds reaching 115 miles per
hour (185 kph), was about 150 miles (235 km) southwest of the
port city of Manzanillo at 5 a.m. EDT/(0900 GMT), the U.S.
National Hurricane Center said.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hurricane Jova weakened slightly on Monday night as it headed for one of Mexico’s busiest cargo ports and popular tourist resorts along the country’s Pacific coast.

The storm, with top winds reaching 120 miles per hour, was about 155 miles southwest of the port city of Manzanillo late on Monday, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hurricane Jova gained speed on Monday as it headed for one of Mexico’s busiest cargo ports and popular tourist resorts along the country’s beach-lined Pacific coast.

The storm, with top winds reaching 125 miles per hour, was about 220 miles southwest of the port city of Manzanillo at 1800 GMT, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

MEXICO CITY, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Mexico’s state oil monopoly
Pemexdoes not want to change the dividend policy of
Spanish energy firm Repsol that might harm current investment
plans, the company’s chief executive officer said on Thursday.

In August, Pemex announced it was doubling its stake in
Repsol and forming a voting alliance with the largest
shareholder, builder Sacyr , a move opposed by Repsol.