Hurricane Willa goes into Category 5 and rushes to Mexico

The hurricane season continues in the Pacific. The monstrous Willa is en route to the Mexican coastline, with winds exceeding 260 km / h.

Hurricane Willa, which is heading north-west of Mexico from the Pacific, strengthened on Monday, October 22, ranking fifth, the highest on the Saffir-Simpson scale, according to the US Center. hurricanes (NHC).

"The strongest winds reached nearly 260 km / h with heavy gusts. Willa is a Category 5 hurricane " becoming " extremely powerful, " NHC announced in its latest newsletter.

Hurricane #Willa, seen by #GOESEast, is now a "potentially catastrophic" Cat. 5 storm. Willa is expected to make landfall on the southwestern coast of Mexico Tuesday afternoon or evening. Take a look at Willa's path on our hurricane Pacific tracker: https://t.co/9aoFdvDmTr pic.twitter.com/nu2ChERXRd

Floods and landslides are to be feared

NHC has warned the population of the Tres Marias Islands, where Willa is expected to hit Tuesday, October 23 before reaching the end of the day, the Mexican coast itself.

#Willa hurricane sunrise getting closer to #Mexique. It is currently in category 5, with #rafales at around 250 km / h. GOES-16 satellite image via RAMMB. #HurricaneWilla pic.twitter.com/abjPlbHE2r

Winds are expected to strengthen in the mountainous areas of Mexico as Willa progresses inland.

Wake is expected to produce life-threatening storm surge, wind, and rainfall over portions of west-central and southwestern Mexico. Here are the latest Key Messages. Additional information at https://t.co/Oy8uoeRKme pic.twitter.com/JXeOxdnOmw

Floods and landslides are feared over much of southwestern and west-central Mexico.