Hurricane Trudy continued to gain strength Thursday as it moved toward Mexico’s Pacific coastline, officials reported.
The storm was positioned roughly 230 miles southwest of Acapulco, packing maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Trudy was traveling north-northwest at about 7 mph and is expected to near southwestern and west-central Mexico over the weekend, forecasters said.
The system could reach major hurricane status Friday. The hurricane center warned that Colima and Jalisco may receive between 4 and 8 inches of rain through the weekend.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Champi was located about 750 miles east of Guam as of Friday local time. The storm was heading west-northwest at 12 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
Typhoon and flood watches were in effect for Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan.
