MIAMI — 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 kilometres) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 m.p.h. (120 km/h), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The hurricane was moving northwest at 9 m.p.h. (15 km/h) and was expected to approach the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico this weekend, the centre said.
Trudy was on track to become a major hurricane on Friday, bringing rainfall of 4 to 8 inches (101 to 203 millimetres) through the weekend across Colima and Jalisco states, the centre said.
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The Associated Press