Category 4 Hurricane Simon nears Mexico’s Pacific coast

Hurricane Simon intensified into a powerful Category 4 storm on Saturday, threatening Mexico’s Pacific coast with destructive winds, dangerous storm surges and potentially deadly flooding as authorities accelerated evacuations and emergency preparations. The US National Hurricane Center said Simon had sustained winds reaching 155mph (250km/h) by Saturday evening. Its centre was approximately 65 miles south-southwest of Manzanillo, moving northwards at about 5mph towards Mexico’s west