Rick becomes hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rick has strengthened to a hurricane off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and is forecast to hit that coast by Monday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rick may be a major hurricane with winds as high as 120 miles per hour (195 kph) before hitting land somewhere between the seaport of Lazaro Cardenas and Manzanillo. On Saturday, the hurricane was located about 205 miles (335 kilometers) south of the coastal resort of Zihuatanejo. The storm had winds of 80 mph (130 kph), and was moving north-northwest at 7 miles per hour (11 kph). The center warned Rick could produce flash flooding and mudslides.