Its wind speeds are up to 190 kph and in the state of Colima, the hurricane throws four metre high waves along a 225 kilometre front. In the state of Michoacan the hurricane destroys 700 homes, a bridge, highways and potable water systems. In the port of Lazaro Cardenas, it sinks the Norwegian ship, Betula, which beaches with 5,000 tonnes of sulphuric acid aboard.
(El Financiero, 7 July 1993; La Jornada, 8 July 1993; "Hurricane Calvin forces Mexico port closures," Lloyd's List, 8 July 1993).
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