View of Culiacan, state of Sinaloa, Mexico, before the arrival of Tropical Storm Pamela, on October 12, 2021. Tropical Storm Pamela was downgraded from a hurricane Tuesday, though the US National Hurricane Center warned the storm is likely to strengthen again as it approaches the Mexican Pacific coast. AFP PHOTO
MEXICO CITY: Tropical Storm "Pamela" is expected to slam into the western coast of Mexico as a hurricane early Wednesday morning, possibly bringing life-threatening surges and dangerous winds as it makes landfall, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned.