Hurricane Willa is aimed at the coast's center, where it is forecast to hit Tuesday afternoon or evening.
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Hurricane Willa expected to wallop Mexico's Pacific coast with explosive storm surge, rain and dangerous waves
Mexico is bracing for what's expected to be one of the strongest storms to hit its Pacific coast. Hurricane Willa is aiming for the west-central coast Tuesday afternoon or evening. On Tuesday morning, the storm boasted maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and threatened to bring life-threatening storm surge and torrents of rain ashore, according to the National Hurricane Center.

