Mexico’s Pacific beach towns brace as Lidia becomes hurricane

Two tropical storms are threatening flooding and heavy rainfall across much of Mexico’s Pacific coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday, with Storm Lidia set to strengthen into a hurricane by the evening.
Lidia was some 330 miles (530 km) off the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, moving east-northeast at 9 miles per hour (15 kph), the NHC said in its latest bulletin, with sustained winds reaching up to 70 mph (110 kph).
Lidia is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Monday night as it nears Nayarit and Jalisco states.
The NHC predicted hurricane conditions across parts of west-central Mexico starting Tuesday, with Lidia bringing a dangerous storm surge as it moves over the Islas Marias and risky surf along the Pacific coast and Baja California peninsula.