MIAMI (AP) — Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday.
Trudy was located about 300 miles (480 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The hurricane was moving northwest at 9 mph (15 kph) and was expected to approach the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico this weekend, the center said.
Trudy was on track to become a major hurricane on Friday, bringing rainfall of 4 to 8 inches (101 to 203 millimeters) through the weekend across Colima and Jalisco states, the center said.
Also in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Champi was centered about 820 miles (1,320 kilometers) east of Guam on Friday morning local time, moving moving west at 12 mph (19 kph) with sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kph), according to the National Weather Service. Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan are under typhoon and flood watches.
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