Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico's Pacific coast, threatens landfall

Hurricane Simon lashes Mexico's Pacific coast, threatens landfall

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Hurricane Simon lashed Mexico's Pacific coast with severe winds and heavy rain on Monday as it threatened to make landfall this week, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

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The hurricane—downgraded a notch to Category 3 strength on the five-point Saffir-Simpson scale—was moving slowly and remained dangerous.

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Simon is expected "to move inland across west-central Mexico around midweek," the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.

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"Dangerous winds and flooding rains continue along the coast," it said.

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Simon was packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles (185 km) per hour while located around 50 miles (75 km) off Cabo Corrientes in Mexico's Jalisco state early Monday, according to the NHC.

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Weather reports had initially forecast a landfall on Sunday around midday local time (6 p.m. GMT).

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Simon is the latest in a busy hurricane season in the Pacific, where the powerful El Niño ocean warming phenomenon is weakening wind shear, allowing the storms to gain in strength.

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By contrast, El Niño has helped keep the Atlantic hurricane season relatively quiet.

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Hurricane Simon weakened to Category 3 but continued to bring dangerous winds and heavy rain to Mexico’s Pacific coast.

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Maximum sustained winds reached 185 km/h while the storm was about 75 km off Cabo Corrientes.

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It was forecast to move inland across west-central Mexico around midweek, with coastal flooding risks persisting.

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