‘Zombie’ Hurricane John Comes Back to Life, Lashing Mexico’s Pacific Coast

MEXICO CITY—Hurricane John strengthened once again on Thursday as it hurled rain at Mexico’s southwestern coast dotted with ports and tourist hotspots, an area already soaked by the slow-moving storm system over the past several days. John has churned menacingly near the stretch of coastline since Monday, weakening and strengthening again as it impacted major cargo ports, temporarily shutting local airports as well as claiming at least five lives, mostly due to mudslides. AccuWeather meteorologist Jesse Ferrell referred to John as a “zombie” storm—a term that refers to systems that dissipate before strengthening back into a storm, first coined by the U.S. National Weather Service in 2020 when the remnants of storm Paulette regenerated near the Azores after striking Bermuda....