Hurricane Trudy Strengthens to Category 2 as It Approaches Mexico's Coast

Hurricane Trudy strengthened to a Category 2 storm as it moved toward Mexico's southwestern and west-central Pacific coast, with a hurricane warning in effect from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco.

 The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported Saturday that the Category 2 hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 155 kilometers per hour. It was located about 280 kilometers south of Cabo Corrientes and 160 kilometers southwest of Manzanillo, moving northwest at 17 kilometers per hour.

 Meanwhile, Typhoon Champi strengthened into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific Ocean, with maximum sustained winds of 225 kilometers per hour, as it moved west toward Guam at 24 kilometers per hour.

 The US National Weather Service reported that the typhoon was located 60 kilometers west-southwest of Guam at 21:57 GMT.