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Beach lovers are enjoying the shoreline in Mazatlan, Sinaloa State, Mexico on Sunday. Hurricane Willa, now in Category 4, is expected to land in the area late Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Beach lovers are enjoying the shoreline at Mazatlan, in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico on Sunday. Hurricane Willa, now in Category 4, is expected to land in the area late Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Hurricane Willa, an "extremely dangerous" storm heading for the Mexican Pacific coast, was reclassified to category 4 by the National Hurricane Center late Sunday.
The storm, with sustained maximum winds of 145 mph, is about 210 km from Cabo Corrientes, a municipality in southwestern Mexico. The last storm is moving north-northwest at 7 mph, according to the latest NHC advisory.
NHC forecasters are expecting further tightening on Monday and expect Willa to land on the southwestern coast by the end of Tuesday or Wednesday.
#Willa, a major hurricane in the eastern Pacific could lead to more heavy rains on Texas by the middle of this week. The associated humidity will then interact with a stationary front and possibly bring up a northerner near the mid-Atlantic coast here next weekend. pic.twitter.com/wo60SANlB5
– NWS WPC (@NWSWPC) October 21, 2018
A hurricane warning is in effect for 180 miles of the Mexican Pacific coast between San Blas and Mazatlan. A tropical storm warning is in effect for 190 additional miles of coastline from San Blan to Playa Perula.
The storm is expected to produce rainfall of 6 to 12 inches in southwestern and west-central Mexico, including western Jalisco, western Nayarit and southern Sinaloa, with rainfall 18 inches in some areas. NHC said the rains would cause a storm surge and "flash floods and threatening landslides for life".
According to the NHC, a storm surge and large destructive waves will probably cross parts of the southwest coast on Tuesday or Tuesday evening, especially near the center of Willa. Return currents and large swells will affect beaches in southwestern Mexico.
Willa is the 10th major hurricane of the 2018 season in the eastern Pacific Ocean. NHC ranks major hurricanes in category 3 and higher.
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