Hurricane Trudy strengthens to Category 2 moves toward west-central Mexican Pacific coast

Hurricane Trudy strengthened to a Category 2 as it moved toward Mexico’s west-central Pacific coast on Saturday, according to officials.A warning remained in effect from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco on Saturday night — with the storm packing maximum sustained winds of 100 mph and up to 8 inches of rain with 15 inches in isolated cases.Trudy’s eye is projected to approach the Mexican coastline Saturday before gliding past into Sunday.Mexican officials issued a tropical storm warning on Las Islas Marias while dropping alerts for coastal regions south of Lazaro Cardenas.The country’s navy urged mariners and coastal residents to exercise extreme caution amid high waves, heavy downpours, and risks of flash flooding and mudslides in vulnerable zones.Colima authorities insisted the immediate danger remains low, but cautioned that deluge-like rains could trigger major destruction across grounds already waterlogged by previous tropical tempests that battered the nation’s Pacific shore.In a separate Pacific threat, Champi swelled into a Category 4 Super Typhoon packing ferocious 150 mph winds as it hurtled toward Guam at 15 mph.The storm was positioned just 40 miles west-southwest of Guam around 5 p.m.Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.Forecasters warn the typhoon will sweep south of Guam early Sunday while continuing to gather terrifying strength throughout the day.Guam and nearby Rota, in the Northern Mariana Islands, are under a typhoon warning, while the capital of Saipan and neighbor Tinian remain under a tropical storm warning and typhoon watch.The governors of both Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands made urgent requests for federal emergency disaster declarations on Friday.An approval from President Trump would unlock vital federal funding and assistance for protective measures.Local airports and critical medical facilities were shuttered as islanders prepared for impact.Crucial relief supplies are unlikely t...