Hurricane Rick heads toward Mexico’s Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Rick is headed for Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and is forecast to reach land by Monday morning. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Rick had winds as high as 85 miles per hour (140 kph) and was expected to hit somewhere around the seaport of Lazaro Cardenas or the resort of Zihuatanejo. The hurricane was centered about 95 miles (155 kilometers) south of Zihuatanejo and was moving north at 5 mph (7 kph) at midafternoon Sunday. The center warned that Rick could produce flash flooding and mudslides in the mountainous terrain on the coast.