Forecasters say the eye of Category 3 Hurricane Willa is about to make landfall along Mexico’s west-central Pacific coast.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm still has maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 kph), and little variation in strength is expected before it comes onshore.
Its center is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south-southeast of Mazatlan. It’s heading to the north-northeast at 10 mph (17kph), barreling toward a stretch of land south of the beach resort city.
The center warned Tuesday evening that people should not venture outside during “the relative calm of the eye, since hazardous winds will suddenly increase” as it passes.
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