Hurricane Trudy strengthens to Category 3 and is expected to hit Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday

Hurricane Trudy has strengthened to Category 3, with sustained winds of 195 kph, as it moves through waters roughly 420 kilometres southwest of Acapulco. The storm's eye is on track to reach the southwestern and west-central Mexico coastline on Saturday, and further intensification is expected before it makes landfall. Six people have died in the region due to earlier storms. Tropical Storm Simon, active to Trudy's northwest, is forecast to lose strength quickly.

Trudy is tracking northwest at 9 kph and is positioned about 590 kilometres south-southeast of Manzanillo.

Guam and Rota are under a typhoon warning as Tropical Storm Champi advances from the east.

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