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Hurricane Trudy lashed parts of Mexico's Pacific coast with heavy rain and strong winds Sunday, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center forecast it would move away.
The Category 2 hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph) and was moving northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).
Trudy's center was expected to remain near the Mexican coast through Sunday evening before moving south of the Baja California Peninsula on Monday and Tuesday. A tropical storm warning remained in effect for Las Islas Marias and for the region between Playa Perula and San Blas.
The Mexican Navy urged mariners and coastal residents to exercise extreme caution because of high waves, heavy rain, and the risk of rising rivers, flooding, and landslides in vulnerable areas.
Colima authorities said risks remained low but warned that heavy rainfall could cause damage because successive storms had already saturated the ground along the Pacific coast.
Trudy was expected to bring 4-8 inches (10-20 centimeters) of rain through the weekend, with isolated totals of around 12 inches (30 centimeters) along and near the coast in Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco. The hurricane center warned of potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas with steep terrain.
Also in the Pacific, Typhoon Champi moved away from Guam on Sunday after passing near the island's southern tip, with sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph). Late Sunday afternoon, it was 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of Guam, moving west at 14 mph (23 kph), according to the U.S. National Weather Service.
Champi was forecast to weaken through Monday but remain a powerful typhoon. All tropical cyclone watches and warnings for Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan had been canceled.
The governors of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands requested emergency disaster declarations on Friday.
On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration for Guam authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all federal disaster relief efforts. FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance was available for the territory of Guam to supplement local response efforts following Typhoon Champi.
Airports, harbors and some health facilities in the territories were closed. Relief supplies were unlikely to reach the islands for three to five days, according to FEMA updates on Saturday.
The territories are still recovering from super typhoons Sinlaku and Bavi, which struck in April and July, respectively.