Orlene weakens into tropical depression over western Mexico

A man throws a net over a street flooded by the overflowing Canas river after Storm Orlene hit Tecuala and dumped heavy rains across Mexico's west-central Pacific coastline on Monday, in the town of Tecuala, Nayarit state, Mexico October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Ruano

Orlene weakened into a tropical depression as it crawled farther inland, dumping heavy rains across parts of western and central Mexico on Monday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Orlene had made landfall from the Pacific Ocean earlier in the day as a Category 1 hurricane before weakening into a tropical storm.