Carlotta Makes Landfall and Dissipates over Mexico’s Mountainous Terrain

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Insurance News – Primary Threat from Flooding and Landslides: AIR BOSTON, June 17, 2012 – According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide,  Hurricane Carlotta came onshore Friday night as a Category 1 storm near the Oaxacan town of Puerto Escondido (est. pop. 26,000 in 2010), about 200 miles southeast of Acapulco. According to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), maximum sustained winds were 90 mph at landfall. Given the currently available information, AIR does not expect significant insured losses from Carlotta, the third named storm of the Pacific hurricane season. “Carlotta was…

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