Mexico City: Hurricane Patricia spiraled toward Mexico's Pacific coast today, threatening to mushroom into an "extremely dangerous" major storm before making landfall, forecasters said.
Patricia grew from a tropical storm to a hurricane before dawn and was packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers (100 miles) per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
The Miami-based forecasters warned in their latest bulletin that the Category 2 storm in the five level Saffir-Simpson scale was expected to reach the coast on Friday "as an extremely dangerous major hurricane."
Mexican authorities have urged people to take precautions and stay informed about the storm's progress.
Patricia grew from a tropical storm to a hurricane before dawn and was packing maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers (100 miles) per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Center.
The Miami-based forecasters warned in their latest bulletin that the Category 2 storm in the five level Saffir-Simpson scale was expected to reach the coast on Friday "as an extremely dangerous major hurricane."
Mexican authorities have urged people to take precautions and stay informed about the storm's progress.
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