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

MIAMI (AP) — 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 250 miles (400 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, and about 355 miles (570 kilometers) south-southeast of Manzanillo, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph) while moving northwest at 6 mph (9 kph), 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 (45 mph winds) and was forecast to weaken to a remnant low soon.