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News18•16-10-2026, 13:30
Hurricane Trudy Strengthens to Category 3 Off Mexico Coast
  • •Hurricane Trudy intensified into a major Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 195 kph.
  • •The US National Hurricane Centre reported the storm was moving northwest at 9 kph.
  • •Trudy was located about 420 km southwest of Acapulco and is forecast to strengthen further over the coming days.
  • •The storm's eye is expected to approach the southwestern and west-central coast of Mexico.

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Hurricane Trudy strengthened into a major Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast with maximum sustained winds of 195 kph (120 mph).

The storm was located about 420 km (260 miles) southwest of Acapulco and about 590 km (365 miles) south-southeast of Manzanillo.

The eye of the hurricane was forecast to approach the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico on Saturday.