Hurricane Jova claimed its first two victims in a mud slide as it lashed Mexico with torrential rain on Wednesday (October 12).
Officials said the centre of Jova hit the coast near the town of Chamela in the state of Jalisco, on a stretch dotted with beaches south of tourist resort Puerto Vallarta.
Mexico has no major oil installations in the Pacific.
Jova has been downgraded to a tropical depression and Mexico lifted bad weather warnings south of Manzanillo.
The storm will likely dissipate entirely by Friday, but could still cause life-threatening mud slides and floods, the NHC said.
