Hurricane Trudy looms over Mexico's Pacific coast, severe rainfall expected

MEXICO CITY, Oct ‌15 (Reuters) - Hurricane ​Trudy ​moved parallel to Mexico's western coast on Thursday, threatening further ‌rain and strong winds in a region ⁠already battered in recent weeks by storms that ‌left behind several deaths ‌and severe flooding.

The storm, located about 480 km (298 miles) south-southwest of beach town ​Acapulco, packed maximum sustained winds of 120 kph (75 mph) and is moving ⁠northwest, the US-based National Hurricane Center said in a morning ​advisory.

• Trudy, a Category 1 hurricane, is forecast to rapidly intensify into ​a major hurricane on ‌Friday.

• The storm is then expected to approach Mexico's Pacific coast ⁠with heavy rains forecast in the states of Colima and Jalisco, increasing the risk ⁠of life-threatening flooding and landslides, the NHC and Mexican ​authorities warned.

• Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Simon is nearly stationary farther northwest offshore, after dropping heavy rain ‌along the coast earlier as a hurricane.

• Simon is forecast to ‌move northwest, grazing the Baja California ⁠peninsula over the weekend, ‌the NHC ​added.

(Reporting by Raul Cortes, Additional reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez, Editing by Kylie ‌Madry)

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