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Hurricane Trudy strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Trudy strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast


Hurricane Trudy strengthens to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast

MIAMI — Hurricane Trudy strengthened to a major, Category 3 hurricane and forecasters said the storm was headed to the southwestern and west-central areas of Mexico’s Pacific coast.

Early Friday, Trudy was about 240 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, and about 335 miles south-southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph while moving northwest at 6 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reported.

A hurricane warning was in effect for Mexico's coast from Cabo Corrientes northward to Punta San Telmo, while a tropical storm warning was issued from Zihuatanejo up the coast to Manzanillo, the center said.

To the northwest of Trudy, Tropical Storm Simon had 75 kph and was forecast to weaken to a remnant low soon.