Hurricane Simon rapidly intensifies off Mexico's Pacific coast, forecast to reach Category 4
Hurricane Simon is rapidly strengthening off Mexico's Pacific coast, with maximum sustained winds near 90 mph (150 kph), the US National Hurricane Center said on Friday.
Hurricane Simon is rapidly intensifying off Mexico's Pacific coast, according to the US National Hurricane Center. Its maximum sustained winds have quickly increased to near 90 mph (150 kph), the NHC said on Friday, 9 October.
The NHC forecasts that Simon will become a dangerous Category 4 hurricane by Saturday. The storm is expected to approach the popular tourist coast of south-western and west-central Mexico at that point.
